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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 Hunters Mill (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 Hunters Mill. 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 Hunters Mill ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Hunters Mill: Hunters Ml. (or less commonly used: Hunters Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Hunters Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hunters Mill may originally have been Hunter's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hunters Mill might be written as Hunter Mill.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hunters Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunters Mill.

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 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.

Hunters Mill is primarily located in Atlantic County. A portion of Hunters Mill extends into Cape May County.

To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Atlantic County: Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester & Ocean.

Below are the counties that are near Hunters Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunters Mill:

  • Atlantic County     (The home county of Hunters Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Warners Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
    • Corbin City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
    • Dorothy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Estell Manor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Milmay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Milmay is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
    • Estellville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Estellville is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
    • Clarkstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
    • Mizpah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
    • Mays Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
    • Gigantic City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
    • Somers Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
    • Weymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
    • McKee City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • McKee City is located in Atlantic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
  • Burlington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Batsto Village ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
      • Batsto Village has also been known as:
      • Batsto
    • Green Bank
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Bank is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
    • New Gretna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • New Gretna is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
    • Wading River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wading River is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
    • Atsion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Atsion is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
    • Washington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Washington is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Ancora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Ancora is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
    • Sicklerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sicklerville is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicklerville
    • Waterford Works
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Waterford Works is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
      • Waterford Works has also been known as:
      • Waterford
    • Andrews
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Andrews is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Florence is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Atco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Atco is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atco
    • Penbryn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Penbryn is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbryn
    • Tansboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Tansboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansboro
  • Cape May County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Belleplain
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Belleplain is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
    • Steelmantown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
    • Tuckahoe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
    • Eldora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Eldora is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
    • Mount Pleasant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Dennisville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Dennisville is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
    • South Dennis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • South Dennis is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
    • Goshen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Goshen is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Ocean View
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocean View is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
    • Clermont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Clermont is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
    • Strathmere
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Strathmere is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmere
    • Sea Isle City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sea Isle City is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Isle City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
    • Ocean City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Ocean City is located in Cape May County
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,902 people
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Hesstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hesstown is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesstown
    • Cumberland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Port Elizabeth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
    • Dorchester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Mauricetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
    • Delmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Delmont is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
    • Leesburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
    • Haleyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
    • Laurel Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
    • Port Norris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
    • Millville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Millville is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
    • Bivalve
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
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    • South Vineland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vineland is located in Cumberland County
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  • Gloucester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Victory Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
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    • Star Cross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
    • Williamstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • Downer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Downer is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
    • Ferrell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
  • Ocean County
    • Mystic Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
  • Salem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.
    • Norma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Norma is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
    • Alliance
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Alliance is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Six Points
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Six Points is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
    • Olivet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Olivet is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Shirley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shirley is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Aldine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Aldine is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
    • Friesburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Friesburg is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
    • Pecks Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
    • Whig Lane
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whig Lane is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunters Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Hunters Mill.

Cemeteries Near Hunters Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunters Mill.

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 Hunters Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunters Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.

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>

While we didn't find Hunters Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hunters Mill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunters Mill, with the one closest to Hunters Mill listed first.

  • Halberton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Halberton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halberton
  • Manumuskin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Manumuskin is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manumuskin
  • Bricksboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bricksboro is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricksboro
  • Tuckahoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
  • Port Elizabeth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
  • Mauricetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
  • Dorchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Estellville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Estellville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
  • Menantico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Menantico is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menantico
  • Doughty
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Doughty is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughty
  • Haleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Delmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Delmont is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
    • Mount Pleasant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Petersburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Petersburg is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunters Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunters Mill.

Newspapers Published in Hunters Mill ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunters Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunters Mill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunters Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hunters Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>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- Hunters Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Hunters Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.