The Planned Town of Cartmills

 

The Planned Town of Cartmills

The sources indicate that the area now known as the Carltmills Sector was originally intended to be the location of a town called Cartmills. This planned settlement was named after Thomas Cartmill, a Revolutionary War veteran who received a 358-acre land grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia on June 13, 1780. This grant, situated between the Mine Bank and the eastern portion of Greenbank, encompassed the mouth of Roain Run and was the first land surveyed on the North Fork Creek adjacent to the Warwick property.

For a period of 25 to 30 years following 1780, this branch of Deer Creek was referred to as Cartmills Creek, reflecting the planned town and honoring Cartmill's contribution to the region. However, sometime around 1810, the name Cartmills Creek fell out of use, and the waterway became known as North Fork Creek. Despite this shift in nomenclature, the area retained the name Carltmills Sector, preserving a vestige of the original plan for a town named Cartmills.

The sources do not elaborate on the specific reasons why the planned town of Cartmills never came to fruition. However, it's possible that factors such as changing economic conditions, shifting settlement patterns, or the development of other nearby towns may have contributed to its abandonment.