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 Campbells 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 Campbells 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 Campbells 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 Campbells Mill: Campbells Ml. (or less commonly used: Campbells Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Campbells Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Campbells Mill may originally have been Campbell's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Campbells Mill might be written as Campbell 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Campbells Mill is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Campbells Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Campbells Mill:
- Indiana County (The home county of Campbells Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Black Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Palmertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Josephine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Coral
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Smathers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Aultman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Homer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Robinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Karns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Sligo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Natrona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- New Texas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <2>
- Brackenridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Leechburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Monroeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pitcairn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tarentum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Olivet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Edmon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Elderton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Church
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Cochrans Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- North Apollo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Apollo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Blanco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Leechburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Butler County
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Wilmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vintondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- White Mill Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Brownstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Lilly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Southmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Southmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Westmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Belsano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Conemaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- East Conemaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Elim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Johnstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Bear Rocks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Laurelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Champion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- White
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Seven Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Laurel Mountain Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Tire Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jennerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Hollsopple
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Benson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jenners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
- Roytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- Paint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Blough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Burrell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Livermore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- New Derry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Derry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <2>
- Seward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McChesneytown - Loyalhanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Avonmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Campbells Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Campbells Mill.
Cemeteries Near Campbells Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbells 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 Campbells Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Campbells Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Blairsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coral Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coral Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Coral.
- The Coral Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129169 <3>
- Kunkle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smathers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McIntire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Conemaugh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frye Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Campbells Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Campbells Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Campbells Mill, with the one closest to Campbells Mill listed first.
- Smith
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smith is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Snyder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Blairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cokeville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeville
- Burrell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Graceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Grays
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grays is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
- Smathers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Livermore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Lockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Heshbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Campbells Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campbells Mill.
Newspapers Published in Campbells 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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbells Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbells Mill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbells 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 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 Campbells Mill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Fayette County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Campbells Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Campbells Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |