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 Mill Run (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 Mill Run. 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.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Mill Run is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Mill Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Run:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Mill Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Earlysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Advance Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Advance Mills Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Hollymead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Jefferson Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Logan Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Free Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Commonwealth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Commonwealth is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Rio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Burnley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Barracks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barracks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Crimora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dooms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Grottoes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sampson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Weyers Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fishersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sherando
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Verona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Locust Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Kents Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Fork Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weber City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goochland County
- Tabscott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Amicus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Stanardsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Kinderhook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Meltons
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Medlock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Trevilians
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Bells Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Hood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wolftown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Burnt Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Syria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tryme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Peola Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Onan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Faber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Adial
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Nellysford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schuyler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Barboursville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Montpelier Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Madison Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grassland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Danton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Rhoadesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vulcan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Verbena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rappahannock County
- Slate Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Swift Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McGaheysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goods Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Montevideo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Massanutten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keezletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- North River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Mount Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Run, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Run.
Cemeteries Near Mill Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Run.
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 Mill Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Buck Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clunie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Michie-Beddow Family Cemetery
- Ivy Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hildebrand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (351 more) ...
- Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Munday Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Mill Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
- Earlysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rivanna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Advance Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Hydraulic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Proffit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Free Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Amicus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Rio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Millington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millington is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Eastham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Burnley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ruckersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Eheart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eheart is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eheart
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Run.
Newspapers Published in Mill Run ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Run, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mill Run:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Augusta County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Waynesboro City
- 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 Mill Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Mill Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |