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 Folly 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 Folly 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 Folly 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 Folly Mills: Folly Mls. (or less commonly used: Folly 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Folly Mills is located in Augusta 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 Augusta County: Albemarle, Bath, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge, Rockingham & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Folly Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Folly Mills:
- Augusta County (The home county of Folly Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Jolivue
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Arbor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Brand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Stuarts Draft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fishersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lipscomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Churchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyndhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chapin is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Pond Gap ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Foothill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Yancey Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Batesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crozet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mountfair
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- White Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- White Hall is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Covesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Decca ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Ivy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Cedarmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Free Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Alto
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forks of Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Sandidges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Yost
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Millboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- McDowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palo Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palo Alto is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
- Clover Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Afton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Onan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Durrett Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lodebar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bryant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Adial
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Massies Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Old Myndus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Faber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Davis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Brownsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Marlbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- East Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Kerrs Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Mount Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Spring Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Cross Keys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goods Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Briery Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Briery Branch is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery Branch
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ottobine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Clover Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Coakley Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
- Lilly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lilly is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pendleton County (WV)
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Folly Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Folly Mills.
Cemeteries Near Folly Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Folly 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 Folly Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Folly Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Staunton National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornrose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hunters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Croft Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Lawn Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glebe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Folly Mills had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Folly Mills, with the one closest to Folly Mills listed first.
- Mint Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mint Spring is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
- Arbor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Avis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Avis is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
- Snyder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Barterbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barterbrook is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barterbrook
- Brand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Stuarts Draft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fishersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Annex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Annex is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annex
- Swoope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lipscomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Ladd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ladd is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 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 Folly Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Folly Mills.
Newspapers Published in Folly 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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Folly Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Folly Mills, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Folly Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Folly Mills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Augusta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amherst County
- Bath County
- Buena Vista City
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Highland County
- Lexington City
- Nelson County
- Rockbridge County
- Rockingham County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- Pendleton 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> | 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. |
| <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 Folly Mills, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Folly Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |