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 Colonial Hills (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 Colonial Hills. 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 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.
Colonial Hills is located in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County: Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Colonial Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colonial Hills:
- Mifflin County (The home county of Colonial Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Juniata Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Yeagertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burnham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Lumber City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Blair County
- Covedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Fruittown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Potters Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Centre Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Boalsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Panorama Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Pine Grove Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Centre Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zerby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Bloomsdorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Fairbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Lemont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- Tylersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bears Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Caprivi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Newville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Ennisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Donation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Mount Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Blairs Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Aughwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Birdville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Huntingdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shirleysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Doyles Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Mifflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Old Port
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- East Rutherford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Peru Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Locust Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Ickesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Kistler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- New Germantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bixler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Eshcol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Centre
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Elliottsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Alinda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Landisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Bannerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Beaver Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Benfer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Beavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Cherry Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Pardee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Glen Iron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- Laurelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colonial Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Colonial Hills.
Cemeteries Near Colonial Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colonial Hills.
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 Colonial Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colonial Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Juniata Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Juniata Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Lewistown.
- The Juniata Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Juniata Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45212 <3>
- Corbin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohey Sholum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millers Tomb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lind Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rothrock - Hoyt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hooleys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henry Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Lane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Birch Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCoysville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Colonial Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Colonial Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colonial Hills, with the one closest to Colonial Hills listed first.
- Granville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Lewistown Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Strodes Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Strodes Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strodes Mills
- Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horningford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Longfellow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Kishacoquillas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Yeagertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Doyles Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Maitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maitland is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colonial Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colonial Hills.
Newspapers Published in Colonial Hills ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colonial Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colonial Hills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colonial Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Colonial Hills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mifflin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata 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> | 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- Colonial Hills) 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 Colonial Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |