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History · Pounding Mill

Half of Pounding Mill’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Pounding Mill was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1916 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Pounding Mill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pounding Mill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19166 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1977. Watch Pounding Mill change.
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On the map

Pounding Mill on the map, 1916 to 1977

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pounding Mill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pounding Mill on the 1916 USGS mapPounding Mill on the 1926 USGS mapPounding Mill on the 1934 USGS mapPounding Mill on the 1947 USGS mapPounding Mill on the 1968 USGS mapPounding Mill on the 1977 USGS map1916Pounding Mill sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pounding Mill.

The story so far

Pounding Mill, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pounding Mill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pounding Mill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pounding Mill had a population of 367. Maiden Spring was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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History across the town line

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.