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 Milton 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 Milton 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.
Name Variations for Milton Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Milton Mills: Milton Mls. (or less commonly used: Milton Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Milton Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Milton Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Milton Mills is located in Strafford County.
To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Strafford County: York (ME), Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Milton Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milton Mills:
- Strafford County (The home county of Milton Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Rochester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Davis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- East Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- New Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Strafford Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Strafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Alton Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Alton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Spring Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Samoset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Barnstead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilmanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- South Wolfeboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Fernald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- South Effingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ossipee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Pittsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Websters Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Epsom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chichester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Shaker Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Loudon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newington Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Nottingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newmarket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- James City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Seacrest Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Deerfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- West Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Steep Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Standish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <1>
- Sebago Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- North Scarborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- West Scarborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Grand Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Sebago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <1>
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Porter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- East Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Merrill Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Acton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shapleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Springvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- West Newfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ross Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Sprague City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- Sanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milton Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Milton Mills.
Cemeteries Near Milton Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milton 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 Milton Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milton Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Milton Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twombly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lovell Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nutes Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Highland Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyford - Hutchins Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woods Cemetery is located in the vicinity of East Wakefield
- The Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perkins Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2572960 <2>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Milton Mills had a population of 678 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milton Mills, with the one closest to Milton Mills listed first.
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- South Acton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Acton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton
- Acton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- North Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lebanon
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lebanon
- Shapleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lebanon
- North Shapleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- East Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Rochester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milton Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milton Mills.
Newspapers Published in Milton 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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milton Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Milton Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Milton Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Milton Mills:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Strafford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Milton Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Milton Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |