Hello, I live at Pounding Mill, Va just off Route 460. At one time there was a school house by the post office at Pounding Mill. The school house is still there, but they use it to park school buses now. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Chafin <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [VATAZEWE] Pounding Mill > This is just a "for-what's-it-worth," since I don't think I have any ancestral > connection to the place (that I have yet discovered), but Santa did bring me some > pretty nifty topographical mapping software for Christmas. By inserting the correct > CD and typing "Pounding Mill, VA," I can zoom in to as close as 1"=250'. Not only > that, but it gives latitute, longitude and elevation. Pounding Mill appears to be > located astride U.S. 19/460 about 3 miles ENE of Claypool Hill. It's located at 37 > deg, 4.69N latitude, 81 deg, 42.47W longitude. The elevation is about 2,200 feet. > Another database I have that came with my genealogy program gives the location of the > historic Pounding Mill School as 37 deg, 4' 39"N latitude, 81 deg, 42' 39"W > longitude. No other "Pounding Mill" was returned in a search of that database. Hope > this helps. > > Scott Chafin > Houston, Texas > > Ron and/or Kathy Dawson wrote: > > > Not true. It is more like 30 miles and is between Tazewell and Claypool Hill. > > > > Ron Dawson > > Bluefield, WV > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: February 23, 2000 10:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [VATAZEWE] Pounding Mill > > > > > > It is located on RT 460 as you leave Bluefield Virginia. It is within a mile > > or two of the city limits. It may even be in the city limits. > > > >