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 Whittles 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 Whittles 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 Whittles 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 Whittles Mill: Whittles Ml. (or less commonly used: Whittles Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Whittles Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Whittles Mill may originally have been Whittle's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whittles Mill might be written as Whittle 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 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.
Whittles Mill is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County: Granville (NC), Vance (NC), Warren (NC), Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax & Lunenburg.
Below are the counties that are near Whittles Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whittles Mill:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Whittles Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Opie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Ogburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- South Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Union Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Wightman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hagood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Marengo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Bracey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boydton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chase City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cusco Willa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Brodnax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Alberta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Ezell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gholsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Dolphin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Edgerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ankum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Ante
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Keysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wylliesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Drakes Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- McKenney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Greensville County
- Radium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Bagleys Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Wattsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Oral Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Lochleven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Kenbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dundas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Victoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nutbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Meherrin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Winnie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crewe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burkeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Prince Edward County
- Green Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Townsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bullock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax County (NC)
- Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County (NC)
- Henrico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Drewry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Rose Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Norlina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warren Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Soul City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Vaughan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whittles Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Whittles Mill.
Cemeteries Near Whittles Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whittles 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 Whittles Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whittles Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of South Hill.
- The Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tabernacle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52374 <4>
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crestview Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Union Level Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson - Callis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Whittles Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whittles Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whittles Mill, with the one closest to Whittles Mill listed first.
- Bagleys Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- North View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View
- South Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Wilburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilburn is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Forksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forksville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Non Intervention ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Non Intervention is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Non Intervention
- Wattsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Wightman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Oral Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lochleven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Baskerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baskerville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskerville
- Smiths Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Smiths Crossroads is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Crossroads
- Drapersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drapersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whittles Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whittles Mill.
Newspapers Published in Whittles 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whittles Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whittles Mill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whittles 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 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 Whittles Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Charlotte County
- Dinwiddie County
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward County
- Spotsylvania County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Northampton County
- Vance County
- Warren 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- Whittles 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 Whittles Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |