Welcome to Liberty Mills ...

Liberty Mills is located in Orange County<1>.

The location of Liberty Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Liberty Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1835.

A typical abbreviation for Liberty Mills: Liberty Mls. (or less commonly used: Liberty Mlls.)

Liberty Mills is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Liberty Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Liberty Mills is within the boundaries of the (540) area code.

Communities Also Named Liberty Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Liberty Mills - it's located in Indiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Liberty Mills.

Communities near Liberty Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Liberty Mills.

• Charlottesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
  • Charlottesville is located in Charlottesville City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlottesville <4>
• Orange
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <4>
• Louisa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Louisa is located in Louisa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <4>
• Gordonsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
  • Gordonsville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonsville <4>
• Stanardsville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanardsville
  • Stanardsville is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanardsville <4>
• Madison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
• Burnt Tree
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
  • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
• Dawsonville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
• Madison Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
  • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
• Madison Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
  • Madison Run is located in Orange County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Liberty Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Liberty Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Liberty Mills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty Mills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Liberty Mills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Liberty Mills ...

Looking for more information about Liberty Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Liberty Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Liberty Mills.

Adding Liberty Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Liberty Mills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Liberty Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Liberty Mills post office opened in 1835.

We also found Liberty Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Liberty Mills.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Liberty Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyva.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/