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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Chappells Mill might be written as Chappell 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Chappells Mill is located in Laurens County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Laurens County: Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Treutlen, Twiggs, Wheeler & Wilkinson.

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

  • Laurens County     (The home county of Chappells Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Dudley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Montrose
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuckers Crossroad
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
    • Dublin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Dublin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Midway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Midway is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
    • Dexter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lovett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lovett is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
    • Rentz
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cadwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Rockledge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
    • Mount Pleasant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • The Colony
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
    • Coopers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
    • Hardwick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Black Spring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
    • Milledgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Allentown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Royal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
    • Cochran
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Chester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bryant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bryant is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Yonkers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Plainfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Empire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Houston County
    • Stathams Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Wrightsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Adrian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Mountain Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
    • Griswoldville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Griswoldville is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Danville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jeffersonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Marion is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Dry Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Huber
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Huber is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Gardner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Gardner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
    • Oconee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Harrison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tennille
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Deepstep
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Goat Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Goat Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
    • Sandersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Riddleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Riddleville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Wilkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chappells Mill, with the one closest to Chappells Mill listed first.
    • Beech Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
    • Toomsboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Irwinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • McIntyre
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dedrich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Gordon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gordon is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <2>
    • Ivey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
    • Brooks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks

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

Cemeteries Near Chappells Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chappells 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 Chappells Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hagin - Fordham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oconee Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Sandy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ussery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Poplar Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Thomas Dupree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (317 more) ...
    • Walnut Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Holly Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Dudley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Allentown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beech Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
  • Toomsboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Dublin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Irwinton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Springhaven ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Springhaven is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
  • Oconee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Dexter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Condor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Condor is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condor
  • McIntyre
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lovett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lovett is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Spann
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Spann is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spann
    • Nameless
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Nameless is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
    • Chester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Chappells 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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chappells Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chappells Mill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chappells Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Chappells 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>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 Chappells Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chappells Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.