Midway Mills is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Midway, now called Midway Mills, was the first settlement established in Nelson County, Virginia, on June 6, 1774, by Dr. William Cabell, (born 1699). It was named Midway because it was midway between Richmond and Lynchburg along the James River. This area was known first as "Warminster" (named after the home of Dr. Cabell in Wiltshire, England), then as "Swan Creek Estates" and afterwards as "Liberty Hall Plantation" with the area now being known as "Wingina".