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 Millville (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 Millville. 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.
Newspapers Published in Millville ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millville, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millville.
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 websites either 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 Millville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Millville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millville.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Wallace Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- The Wallace Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Deep Creek Lock Park Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283847 <3>
- Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
- Roosevelt Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Memorial Park
- Workmans Circle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workmans Circle Cemetery
- Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens
- Berea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
- Bainbridge & Elco Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bainbridge & Elco Cemetery
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51000 <3>
- All Saint Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the All Saint Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Portsmouth.
- The All Saint Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Portsmouth Catholic Cemetery
- St. Paul's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saint Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52028 <3>
- Jewish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51052 <3>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
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 Millville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
- Berkley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Brambleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brambleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brambleton
- Brambleton is located in Norfolk City
- Norfolk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Norfolk is located in Norfolk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norfolk <5>
- Elizabeth Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Elizabeth Park is located in Norfolk City
- Lamberts Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamberts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberts Point
- Lamberts Point is located in Norfolk City
- Kempsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville
- Kempsville is located in Virginia Beach City
- Deanes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Shoulders Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Mapleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Thalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Driver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Driver is located in Suffolk City
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lynnhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Ocean View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Ocean View is located in Norfolk City
- London Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Bridge
- London Bridge is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lynnhaven
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Millville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7474, Longitude: -76.3063 In this case, the coordinates for Millville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Millville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |