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 Mills 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 Mills 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 Mills 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Mills Mills: Mills Mls. (or less commonly used: Mills Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Mills Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mills Mills may originally have been Mill's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mills Mills might be written as Mill 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mills Mills is located in Allegany County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegany County: Cattaraugus, Livingston, Steuben, Wyoming, McKean (PA) & Potter (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Mills Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mills Mills:
- Allegany County (The home county of Mills Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Wiscoy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hume
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Caneadea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oramel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- West Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Belfast
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rushford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aristotle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Swain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Elton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Delevan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Abbotts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts
- Machias
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklinville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ischua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ischua is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ischua
- Bird
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bird is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Humphrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Humphrey is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Sugartown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugartown is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Dutchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Footes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Footes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footes
- Springville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Porterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Williston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Linden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Pavilion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- West Bethany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Brookville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Griswold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kysorville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Mount Morris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- West Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Cumminsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Woodsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Dansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Groveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Arkport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- North Hornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Hornell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Haskinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Jobs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Canisteo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- East Koy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Pike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Bliss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Castile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smiths Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Newburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arcade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Java
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mills Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Mills Mills.
Cemeteries Near Mills Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mills 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 Mills Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mills Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Hume Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wiscoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Koy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennycook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Portageville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennycook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Mills Mills had a population of 51 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mills Mills, with the one closest to Mills Mills listed first.
- Wiscoy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Hume
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rossburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Koy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Pike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Houghton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Short Tract
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short Tract is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Tract
- Portageville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lamont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lamont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Caneadea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hardys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mills Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mills Mills.
Newspapers Published in Mills 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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mills Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mills Mills, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mills Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mills Mills:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mills Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mills Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |