Do you know of Wood's Mill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wood's Mill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wood's Mill.<1>

Our sources for Wood's Mill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wood's Mill other than they indicate that Wood's Mill would be found somewhere in Heard County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1896.

Communities Also Named Wood's Mill ...

We found five communities that share the name Wood's Mill.

Within Georgia, the name Wood's Mill is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
  - Montcalm County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wood's Mill [Montcalm County].
- New Hampshire
  - Cheshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Wood's Mill [Cheshire County].
- New York
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wood's Mill [Jefferson County].
- Ohio
  - Gallia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wood's Mill [Gallia County].
- Virginia
  - Nelson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wood's Mill [Nelson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wood's Mill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wood's Mill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wood's Mill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Heard County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Heard County.

Andrews
	Kendall
Berrien
	Loftin
Dukesville
	Pucketsville
Erie
	Saint Cloud
Heflin	State Line
Horseshoe Bend
	Union Mills
Jerome

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wood's Mill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/