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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 Howells 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 Howells 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 Howells 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 Howells Mill: Howells Ml. (or less commonly used: Howells Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Howells Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Howells Mill may originally have been Howell's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Howells Mill might be written as Howell Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Howells Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Howells 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 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.
Howells Mill is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County: Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton & Surry.
Below are the counties that are near Howells Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Howells Mill:
- Sussex County (The home county of Howells Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Sussex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Grizzard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Callaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Totaro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Dolphin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Edgerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ante
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Powellton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Charles City County
- Westover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Ettrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Matoaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Bollinger Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Rowanta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Maitland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- McKenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grant Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Addison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Sutherland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Jarratt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claresville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Walters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Zuni
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Raynor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Carrsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Burrowsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Joyner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Drewryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Worrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Adams Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Sebrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Capron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Pope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Vincent Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Koskoo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Courtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Little Texas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Sedley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Carsley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Dendron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Claremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Margarettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Severn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seaboard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pendleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Howells Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Howells Mill.
Cemeteries Near Howells Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Howells 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 Howells Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Howells Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Hunting Quarter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reidville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sappony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- High Hills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hassidiah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hassidiah Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Easter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Mount Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Howells Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Howells Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Howells Mill, with the one closest to Howells Mill listed first.
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Hilda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hilda is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
- Booker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lumberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lumberton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Jarratt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Homeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homeville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
- Coddyshore ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coddyshore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddyshore
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Carson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Grizzard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Drewryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Howells Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Howells Mill.
Newspapers Published in Howells 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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Howells Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Howells Mill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Howells 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 helpful 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 Howells Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Hopewell City
- Isle of Wight County
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Surry County
- Northampton 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 Howells Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Howells Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |