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 Rock Mills (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 Rock Mills. 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 Rock Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Rock Mills: Rock Mls. (or less commonly used: Rock Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rock Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Mills.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Rock Mills is located in Rappahannock 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 Rappahannock County: Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Page & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Mills:
- Rappahannock County (The home county of Rock Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Rediviva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Sperryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Amissville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Chester Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Berrys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- White Post
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frogtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Eggbornsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Homeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Griffinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Rixeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Norman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Jeffersonton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Culpeper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Elkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kellys Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford
- Lignum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lignum is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Orlean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Turnbull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Ada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Opal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Opal is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Warrenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Markham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Frytown is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Remington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bealeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Tulip
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Armel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Stephens City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Kinderhook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Dawsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Stanardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loudoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Welbourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Welbourne is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welbourne
- Middleburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Peola Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Tryme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Syria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Aroda
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Wolftown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Madison Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Hood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- True Blue
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- Burr Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Indian Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Town is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Grassland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rhoadesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Kimball
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leaksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Prince William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Haymarket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterfall Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
- Gainesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nokesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Broad Run Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Broad Run Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Run Village
- Linton Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Linton Hall is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Hall
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Seven Fountains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Dilbeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Willow Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maurertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toms Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Strasburg Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Mount Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stafford County
- Cropp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cropp is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropp
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Bentonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Limeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Overall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Applewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Front Royal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Viscose City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Royal Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Waterlick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Ashby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ashby is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Mills.
Cemeteries Near Rock Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Mills.
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 Rock Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Cannon Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Salem.
- The Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Canaan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49676 <3>
- Hillcrest Memory Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Etlan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orlean Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thumbn Run Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Culpeper National Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Rock Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Laurel Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laurel Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mills
- Castleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viewtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rediviva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Hawlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hawlin is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawlin
- Sperryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eggbornsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Homeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Amissville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Slate Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Nethers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Mills.
Newspapers Published in Rock Mills ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Mills, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Mills.
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 Rock Mills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rappahannock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Loudoun County
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Prince William County
- Shenandoah County
- Stafford County
- Warren County
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rock Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |