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 Lower Mills (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 Lower Mills. 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.
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 doctors 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.
Lower Mills is located in Suffolk County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Lower Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Mills:
Suffolk County (The home county of Lower Mills)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Mattapan Station (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Roslindale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Jamaica Plain (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Hyde Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park South Boston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Readville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Highland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
North Easton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Furnace Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village East Mansfield (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Norton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
Raynham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Raynham is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Chartley (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Raynham Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center Attleboro Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Cliftondale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Nahant (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
Saugus (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
East Lynn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Swampscott is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Clifton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Lynnfield (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Peabody (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Marblehead (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Marblehead is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
West Town Landing (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
West Town Landing is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Cambridgeport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Chestnut Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Cambridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Somerville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Somerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Newton Centre (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Newton Highlands (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Eliot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Huron Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Newton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
Newtonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville North Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
North Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Waban (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Waban is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban Newton Upper Falls (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Milton Village (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Milton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
East Milton (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Norfolk Downs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Wollaston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston West Quincy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Quincy (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Brookline Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Braintree (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Braintree is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
Quincy Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point Ashcroft (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Hull (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
West Hingham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Bayside (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Hingham (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
Kenberma (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Montello (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Accord (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Rockland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Brockton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Abington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Minot (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Fayville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Southville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
South Milford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Hopedale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
White City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City East Blackstone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Mendon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Westborough (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
Millerville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Millerville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Chapinville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Albion (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Berkeley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Berkeley is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Cumberland Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Hamlet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Darlington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Darlington is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Lime Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Lonsdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lonsdale is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsdale Union Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Mills .
Cemeteries Near Lower Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Mills.
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 Lower Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Milton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hebrew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
New Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Hall Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in West Quincy . The Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
Hall Place Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #QUI.804 <1>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214787 <2>
St. Josephs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Mary's Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Forest Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Calvary Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale . The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Old Calvary Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149537 <2>
Oak Lawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale . The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Oaklawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <2>
Continue List (618 more) ...
Quincy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hancock Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Adams Crypt (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Lower Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Mills, with the one closest to Lower Mills listed first.
Cedar Grove (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Milton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
East Milton (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Fields Corner (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Mattapan (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Blue Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Blue Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hills West Quincy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Wollaston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Continue List (14 more) ...
Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Mount Bowdoin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Mount Hope (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Mills .
Newspapers Published in Lower Mills ...
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 163 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Mills, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lower Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lower Mills:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lower Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net . 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 . 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 Lower Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lower Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.