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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Beans Mill (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Beans Mill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Beans Mill ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Beans Mill: Beans Ml. (or less commonly used: Beans Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Beans Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Beans Mill may originally have been Bean's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beans Mill might be written as Bean Mill.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beans Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beans Mill.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Beans Mill is located in Lee County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lee County: Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Muscogee (GA).

Below are the counties that are near Beans Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beans Mill:

  • Lee County     (The home county of Beans Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Chewacla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chewacla is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
    • Salem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gwen Mill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
    • Opelika
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Blanton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Blanton is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
    • Bleecker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bleecker is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
    • Prince Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
    • Beauregard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Beauregard is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
    • The Bottle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The Bottle is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
    • Auburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith's Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Smith's Station is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
    • Ridgewood Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
    • Marvyn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Marvyn is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
  • Chambers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Cusseta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Osanippa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Osanippa is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
    • Huguley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Huguley is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
    • River View
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • River View is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
    • Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Eady City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Eady City is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
    • Plant City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Plant City is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
    • Boyds
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boyds is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
    • Lanett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • LaFayette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Waverly is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Blackman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Blackman is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
    • Fredonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Fredonia is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Society Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Society Hill is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
    • Notasulga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Liberty City is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
  • Russell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Crawford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Crawford is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Hugley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hugley is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
    • Ladonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ladonia is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
    • Phenix City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fontaine Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Fontaine Village is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
    • Seale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Mitchell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchechubbee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
  • Tallapoosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Camp Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Dudleyville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
    • Slaughters ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
    • Agricola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Agricola is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
    • Church Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Church Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
    • Frog Eye
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
    • Matilda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • Dadeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Chattahoochee County (GA)
    • Fort Benning
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Harris County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Mountain Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
    • Pine Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
    • Cataula
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hamilton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Pine Mountain Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountainbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountainbrook is located in Harris County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
    • Pine Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellerslie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Waverly Hall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Muscogee County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • Twin Chapel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
    • Fortson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Fortson is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortson <2>
    • Bibb City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
    • City Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
    • Glenns
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenns is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
    • Maridale Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
    • Columbus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbus is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196,442 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <2>
    • Lincoln Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
    • Hilton Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
      • Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
    • Wynnton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wynnton is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
    • East Edgewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
      • Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
    • Saint Marys Hills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
    • Baker Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
  • Troup County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.
    • West Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • North West Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
    • Pioneer Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • West Lake Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
    • Abbottsford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
    • Evansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Vernon ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Rockwell Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
    • LaGrange
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sassafrass Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
    • Sunny Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beans Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Beans Mill.

Cemeteries Near Beans Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beans Mill.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Beans Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beans Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Beans Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beans Mill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Beans Mill, with the one closest to Beans Mill listed first.

  • Beulah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Beulah is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Chewacla
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chewacla is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
  • Cusseta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Opelika
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mechanicsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Tuckersburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckersburg is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckersburg
  • Osanippa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Osanippa is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
  • River View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • River View is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
  • Oak Bowery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Oak Bowery is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bowery
  • Boyds
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyds is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
  • Auburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • West Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Moorefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Moorefield is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
    • Smith's Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Smith's Station is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beans Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beans Mill.

Newspapers Published in Beans Mill ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beans Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beans Mill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beans Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Beans Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beans Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beans Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.