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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 Rolands 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 Rolands 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 Rolands 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 Rolands Mill: Rolands Ml. (or less commonly used: Rolands Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Rolands Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rolands Mill may originally have been Roland's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rolands Mill might be written as Roland 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Rolands Mill is located in Charles City 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 Charles City County: Chesterfield, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George & Surry.
Below are the counties that are near Rolands Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rolands Mill:
- Charles City County (The home county of Rolands Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Kimages
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Westover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ruthville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Meadowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Ettrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braebrook Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bellwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Bollinger Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Ampt Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ampt Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampt Hill
- Bensley Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Bensley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bensley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley
- Beulah Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Grant Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Sutherland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Westwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Mechanicsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atlee Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Deep Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Elko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Turner Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Currituck Farms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Varina Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Green Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Fort Lee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Lee Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Fair Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Sandston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- James City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Norge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- King and Queen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Mattaponi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Walkerton is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerton
- King and Queen Court House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- King William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Lanesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Romancoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manquin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rumford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rumford is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
- Enfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Enfield is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- New Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- Plum Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Point is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Garysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Burrowsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Derby ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Cherry Gardens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Walmsley Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Chippenham Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Claremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Spring Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Carsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Dendron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Surry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beachland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Homewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Homewood is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Itata
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sussex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Williamsburg City
- Williamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Barlows Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barlows Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlows Corner
- Oaktree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oaktree is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rolands Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Rolands Mill.
Cemeteries Near Rolands Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolands 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 Rolands Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rolands Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Merchants Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grace Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Appomattox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- City Point National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Willis UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mapsico Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Bermuda Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale Community Bible Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Rolands Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rolands Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rolands Mill, with the one closest to Rolands Mill listed first.
- Westover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Shirley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shirley is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Garysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Weyanoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Weyanoke is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Ruthville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Meadowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Burrowsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Mountcastle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountcastle is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountcastle
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Cotman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotman is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotman
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Providence Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rolands Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rolands Mill.
Newspapers Published in Rolands 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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolands Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rolands Mill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rolands Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rolands Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Charles City County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- James City County
- King and Queen County
- King William County
- New Kent County
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Williamsburg City
- York 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- Rolands 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 Rolands Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |