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 Milo 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 Milo 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 Milo 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 Milo Mills: Milo Mls. (or less commonly used: Milo Mlls.)
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 hospitals and 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.
Milo Mills is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Milo Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milo Mills:
- Yates County (The home county of Milo Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Seneca Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dresden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Keuka Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Glenora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Willets
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Black Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Atwaters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Ledyard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Union Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Cayuga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- East Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Millport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Springwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Billsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Gorham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cottage City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Seneca Castle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Melvin Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Hopewell Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Naples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canandaigua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Wayne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hector
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Reading Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Searsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Perry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Townsend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montour Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Willard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ovid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- East Varick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kidders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Kuneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Keuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Prattsburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Urbana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hammondsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Pleasant Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Sonora
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Cold Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Trumansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willow Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- North Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Cayuga Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Yellow Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milo Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Milo Mills.
Cemeteries Near Milo Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milo 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 Milo Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milo Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Merrifield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Michael's RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Second Milo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hopeton Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- City Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Briggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Cemetery
- The Briggs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Southwest Benton Rural Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64028 <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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Milo Mills had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milo Mills, with the one closest to Milo Mills listed first.
- Seneca Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Mays Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Penn Yan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Second Milo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
- Dresden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Benton Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Himrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Branchport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Voak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Voak is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voak
- Crosby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milo Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milo Mills.
Newspapers Published in Milo 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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milo Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Milo Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Milo 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 professional and volunteer 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 Milo Mills:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 Milo Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milo Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |