Rock Mills, Alabama
census designated place in Randolph County, Alabama, United States
Rock Mills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rock Mills had a population of 603. According to the U.S. Census, from 1890 until the 1920s, Rock Mills was an incorporated community. It was later designated a CDP beginning in 2000.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16 km2), all land.
Climate
Demographics
Rock Mills first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. Census.
2020 census
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 676 people, 282 households, and 192 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 106.8 inhabitants per square mile (41.2/km2). There were 313 housing units at an average density of 49.4 per square mile (19.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.63% White, 2.22% Black or African American, 0.15% from other races. 1.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
“Rock Mills, Alabama” enters the record as census designated place in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rock, Mills and Alabama can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1274925. VIAF identifies the subject as 158470556. The Library of Congress control number is n2002125859. Authority coordinates are 33.160, -85.290. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1890 and 2000.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rock Mills, Alabama” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.