South Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, North Carolina, United States.

[3] South Mills has a post office with ZIP code 27976, which opened on March 2, 1840.

The community derived its name from a watermill which operated near the original town site.

[7] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 362 people, 181 households, and 139 families residing in the CDP.

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