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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 Dennis 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 Dennis 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 Dennis 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dennis Mills: Dennis Mls. (or less commonly used: Dennis Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dennis Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dennis 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 northwest 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 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.
Dennis Mills is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Dennis Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dennis Mills:
- Columbia County (The home county of Dennis Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Mifflinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Lime Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Foundryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Hetlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Almedia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Zaner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Lightstreet
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Espy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Mainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Tresckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Beaver Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Penn Haven Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- East Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- New Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Mountain Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Waterton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Register
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shickshinny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Harveyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Fairmount Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Bloomingdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Unityville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Biggerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Beaver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Muncy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mooresburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Elysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Natalie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Chulasky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Reed
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Rushtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Alaska
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Locust Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Kulpmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Nuremberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Zion Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Brandonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Krebs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Sheppton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Raven Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Shenandoah Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Shenandoah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Snyder County
- Shamokin Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Beech Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Long Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagles Mere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- New Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Allenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Noxen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dennis Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Dennis Mills.
Cemeteries Near Dennis Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dennis 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 Dennis Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dennis Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hidlay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elan Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greek Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Creveling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creveling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Creveling Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<3> the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Almedia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967765 <2>
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located in Espy.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45602 <2>
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Dennis Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dennis Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dennis Mills, with the one closest to Dennis Mills listed first.
- Fowlersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fowlersville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Willow Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Evansville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Lime Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Mifflinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Asbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Asbury is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Almedia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Hetlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lightstreet
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Zaner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nescopeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paper Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dennis Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dennis Mills.
Newspapers Published in Dennis 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dennis Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dennis Mills, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dennis 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 Dennis Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Union County
- Wyoming 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dennis Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Dennis Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |