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 Bunker Hill (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 Bunker Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Bunker Hill is located in Juniata County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Bunker Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunker Hill:
- Juniata County (The home county of Bunker Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- McCullochs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Doyles Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Reeds Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- East Rutherford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
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- Peru Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
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- Perulack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
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- Old Port
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
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- Port Royal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
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- Mifflin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Locust Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Fruittown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Potters Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Centre Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Boalsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Panorama Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Pine Grove Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Spring Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Zerby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
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- Bloomsdorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Centre Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bears Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Newburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Caprivi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Schlusser
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Middlesex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Huntsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Mowersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Newbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Orrstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pinola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
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- Pleasant Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Green Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Aughwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mount Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shirleysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ennisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Birdville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Donation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Orbisonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Neelyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Juniata Terrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Mattawana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Lewistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McVeytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Burnham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yeagertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Lumber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Belleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kishacoquillas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Kistler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Cisna Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Ickesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- New Germantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eshcol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
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- Elliottsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Mecks Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Bannerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Beaver Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Benfer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Beavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Union County
- Cherry Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunker Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Bunker Hill.
Cemeteries Near Bunker Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunker Hill.
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 Bunker Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunker Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- McCoysville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henry Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millers Tomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Eby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Restland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kilmer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Bunker Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunker Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- McCoysville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCoysville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoysville
- McCullochs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Honey Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Doyles Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Reeds Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- East Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Waterford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- Spruce Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce Hill is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Academia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Academia is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academia
- Kistler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Andersonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonburg
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saville
- Blacklog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Peru Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunker Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunker Hill.
Newspapers Published in Bunker Hill ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunker Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunker Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunker Hill.
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 Bunker Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Bunker Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bunker Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |