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Welcome to Pounding Mill ...

Pounding Mill is located in Tazewell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pounding Mill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

A typical abbreviation for Pounding Mill: Pounding Ml. (or less commonly used: Pounding Mll.)

Pounding Mill is 2,230 feet [680 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pounding Mill is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Pounding Mill: 276

The ZIP code for Pounding Mill: 24637<3>

Communities near Pounding Mill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pounding Mill.

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 Pounding Mill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pounding Mill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pounding Mill. 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 Pounding Mill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pounding Mill ...

Looking for more information about Pounding Mill? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pounding Mill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pounding Mill.

Adding Pounding Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pounding Mill 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 Pounding Mill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Pounding Mill post office opened in 1890.

We also found Pounding Mill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pounding Mill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Tazewell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pounding Mill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pounding Mill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pounding Mill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/