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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 Allens 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 Allens 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 Allens 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 Allens Mill: Allens Ml. (or less commonly used: Allens Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Allens Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Allens Mill may originally have been Allen's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Allens Mill might be written as Allen Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Allens Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Allens 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Allens Mill is located in Prince Edward County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Prince Edward County: Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Allens Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allens Mill:
- Prince Edward County (The home county of Allens Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Tuggle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Blake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Darlington Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Rodophil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Walkers Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Joshua Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Hurtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Pamplin City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Appomattox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spout Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Spring Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Bent Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Sheppards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Curdsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Andersonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Enonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Toga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Alcoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dillwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Vinco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Gravel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Hat Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brookneal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Gladys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Rustburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Abilene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Cullen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Rough Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Charlotte Court House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phenix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Drakes Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Abell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Aspenwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Wylliesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Cotton Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trents Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Trenton Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Halifax County
- Rabat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Meherrin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Pleasant Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Nutbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lunenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Mecklenburg County
- Finneywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Gladstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Norwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Warminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Burkeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crewe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winnie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allens Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Allens Mill.
Cemeteries Near Allens Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allens 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 Allens Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allens Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpeor Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethpeor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Olive Branch UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (150 more) ...
- Seminary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Allens Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Allens Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Allens Mill, with the one closest to Allens Mill listed first.
- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Tredway ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tredway is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tredway
- Tuggle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Hampden - Sydney
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Darlington Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Worsham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worsham is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worsham
- Hurtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Hixburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hixburg is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixburg
- Pamplin City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sheppards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Madisonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- County Line Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Curdsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allens Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allens Mill.
Newspapers Published in Allens 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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allens Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allens Mill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allens Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Allens Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Prince Edward County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Cumberland County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nelson County
- Nottoway County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Allens 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allens Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |