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 Hooks 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 Hooks 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 Hooks 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 Hooks Mill: Hooks Ml. (or less commonly used: Hooks Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Hooks Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hooks Mill may originally have been Hook's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hooks Mill might be written as Hook 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 hospitals and 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.
Hooks Mill is located in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County: Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, Greenbrier (WV) & Monroe (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Hooks Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hooks Mill:
- Alleghany County (The home county of Hooks Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Rich Patch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Low Moor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Clifton Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Moss Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Griffith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Carloover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Healing Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Mitchelltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Warm Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Alum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Mountain Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Yost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Villamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Montvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peaksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Strom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Haden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Gala
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Glen Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Oriskany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Springwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Fincastle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Haymakertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Buchanan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lithia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Covington City
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- New Castle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Roanoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Hollins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mason Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Hanging Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Vinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Red Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Natural Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Greenlee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Kerrs Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Glasgow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Forge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- East Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Sunset Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Tuckahoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Wild Meadow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Meadow is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Meadow
- Neola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neola is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- White Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brink ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Caldwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Frankford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frankford is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankford
- Clendenenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clendenenville is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenenville
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fairlea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (WV)
- Hollywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hooks Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Hooks Mill.
Cemeteries Near Hooks Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hooks 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 Hooks Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hooks Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Deisher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Humphries Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Haden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mallow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- King Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the King Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Oriskany.
- The King Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- King Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50886 <4>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunrise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alleghany Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- McKalester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland 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.<5>
While we didn't find Hooks Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hooks Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hooks Mill, with the one closest to Hooks Mill listed first.
- Rich Patch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Strom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Haden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Gala
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Glen Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Low Moor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mallow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mallow is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallow
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Eagle Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Iron Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Longdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Longdale is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hooks Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hooks Mill.
Newspapers Published in Hooks 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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooks Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hooks Mill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hooks Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hooks Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Alleghany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Covington City
- Craig County
- Lexington City
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge County
- Salem City
- Greenbrier County
- Monroe 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hooks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hooks Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |