Our Genealogy Helper
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 Belfast Mills (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 Belfast Mills. 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 Belfast Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Belfast Mills: Belfast Mls. (or less commonly used: Belfast Mlls.)
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 and hospitals 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.
Belfast Mills is located in Russell 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 Russell County: Buchanan, Dickenson, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington & Wise.
Below are the counties that are near Belfast Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belfast Mills:
- Russell County (The home county of Belfast Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Dye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Honaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Elk Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Artrip
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip
- Spring City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jessees Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Carterton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Bristol City
- Virginia Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Heights is located in Bristol City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Council
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Rowe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
- Mavisdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Bearwallow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Janey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Height
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Height is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peapatch is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Leemaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Vansant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jackson Flats is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Matney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Paynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paynesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Dickenson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Carrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Bucu
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Aily
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Nora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Haysi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Whitetop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trout Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Allison Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Saltville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Broadford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Ellendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Chilhowie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Adwolf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Atkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Paintlick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
- Steeleburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Raven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Raven is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Claypool Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Hill
- Richlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Pounding Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harman is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Maxwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Asberrys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Dunford Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Clinchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Lindell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Glade Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glenford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford
- Fleet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brumley Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brumley Gap is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley Gap
- Lowland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Friendship
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lodi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Loves Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Greendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greendale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Holston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston
- Wise County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Virginia City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Dwina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Johnson County (TN)
- Shingletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Height
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Height is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Height
- Peapatch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peapatch is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapatch
- Bishop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Newhall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Jackson Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jackson Flats is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Flats
- Paynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paynesville is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- War
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Yukon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yukon is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Bradshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belfast Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Belfast Mills.
Cemeteries Near Belfast Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belfast Mills.
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 Belfast Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belfast Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Barnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bradshaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Settle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vencill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hankins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mutter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vencill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ferrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (968 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Payne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find Belfast Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belfast Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belfast Mills, with the one closest to Belfast Mills listed first.
- Belfast
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Belfast is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Clifton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Swords Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Steeleburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Doran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Honaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockdell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdell
- Saltville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elk Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Broadford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Pounding Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belfast Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belfast Mills.
Newspapers Published in Belfast Mills ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belfast Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belfast Mills, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belfast Mills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Belfast Mills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Russell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol City
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Grayson County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Washington County
- Wise County
- Johnson County
- McDowell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Belfast Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belfast Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |