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 Stones 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 Stones 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 Stones 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 Stones Mill: Stones Ml. (or less commonly used: Stones Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Stones Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stones Mill may originally have been Stone's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stones Mill might be written as Stone Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stones Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stones 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.
Stones Mill is located in Wythe 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 Wythe County: Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski & Smyth.
Below are the counties that are near Stones Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stones Mill:
- Wythe County (The home county of Stones Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Wytheville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Siloam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Fort Chiswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Max Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crockett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowe Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Locust Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Ivanhoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Speedwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rural Retreat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Bland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bastian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Hicksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Rocky Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Round Bottom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Sheep Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Shorts Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Sylvatus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Woodlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Hillsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Dugspur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Drenn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Fancy Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lambsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd County
- Indian Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Galax City
- Galax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Poplar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Thessalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Shumate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Elk Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fries
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Baywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flat Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Bridle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Trout Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Draper
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hilton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Wurno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Newbern
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Atkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Mount Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ellendale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Adwolf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Little Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Shawver Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Bluefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Falls Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Asberrys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Five Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wittens Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Yards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Thompson Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Edmonds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Hooker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <2>
- Piney Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashe County (NC)
- Grassy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Surry County (NC)
- Low Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bluefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blake ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Edison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- East River ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Littlesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Yards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Oakvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Nemours
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnston Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Bramwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stones Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Stones Mill.
Cemeteries Near Stones Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stones 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 Stones Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stones Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Oakwood Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East End Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Galilee Christian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West End Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Berea Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crockett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacob McGavock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (723 more) ...
- The Brick Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- James McGavock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Stones Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stones Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stones Mill, with the one closest to Stones Mill listed first.
- Wytheville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Petunia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Petunia is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petunia
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Grubb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grubb is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
- Crockett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Max Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cripple Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cripple Creek is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Ivanhoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walton Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walton Furnace is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Furnace
- Speedwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Austinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grahams Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rural Retreat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Fosters Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fosters Falls is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stones Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stones Mill.
Newspapers Published in Stones 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stones Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stones Mill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stones Mill.
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 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 Stones Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Wythe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Giles County
- Grayson County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Mercer 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stones Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Stones Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |