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 Rivers 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 Rivers 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 Rivers 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 Rivers Mill: Rivers Ml. (or less commonly used: Rivers Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Rivers Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rivers Mill may originally have been River's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rivers Mill might be written as River 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rivers Mill is located in Southampton 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 Southampton County: Hertford (NC), Northampton (NC), Franklin, Greensville, Suffolk City, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Rivers Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rivers Mill:
- Southampton County (The home county of Rivers Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Drewryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Joyner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Worrell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Adams Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Capron
(6 miles [9.7 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Koskoo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Vincent Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Sebrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Little Texas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Branchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Callaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Totaro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ante
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Edgerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dolphin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Powellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ezell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Rowanta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- McKenney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Jarratt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Radium
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Walters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Carrsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Zuni
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Pittmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Dendron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Grizzard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Sussex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Stony Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Roanoke Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Weldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- South Rosemary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Barretts Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Murfreesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Menola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Menola is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Margarettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Severn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pendleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <2>
- Garysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
- Lasker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rivers Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Rivers Mill.
Cemeteries Near Rivers Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rivers 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 Rivers Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rivers Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Pleasant Plain Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Capron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Community Fellowship Church of Deliverence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hassidiah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Hassidiah Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bryants Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Hills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Rivers Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rivers Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rivers Mill, with the one closest to Rivers Mill listed first.
- Drewryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hilda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hilda is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Adams Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Worrell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Capron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Grizzard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Green Plain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- Koskoo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Pope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- James River Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Jarratt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sebrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rivers Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rivers Mill.
Newspapers Published in Rivers 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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rivers Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rivers Mill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rivers Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Rivers Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Southampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Prince George County
- Suffolk City
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Hertford 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> | 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- Rivers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Rivers Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |