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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 Doyles 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 Doyles 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 Doyles 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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Doyles Mills: Doyles Mls. (or less commonly used: Doyles Mlls.)
  • While the name of this community is Doyles Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Doyles Mills may originally have been Doyle's Mills.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Doyles Mills might be written as Doyle 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Doyles Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doyles Mills:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doyles Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Doyles Mills.

Cemeteries Near Doyles Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doyles 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doyles Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doyles Mills, with the one closest to Doyles Mills listed first.

  • Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Henry Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCoysville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCoysville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCoysville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Millers Tomb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millers Tomb
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millers Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Church Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corbin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corbin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Waterford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Waterford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Waterford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lind Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lind Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lind Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kilmer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kilmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kilmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Juniata Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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    • Mt. Rock Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Rock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Emory Chapel Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emory Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emory Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Doyles Mills had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Doyles Mills, with the one closest to Doyles Mills listed first.

  • Pleasant View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
  • Academia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Academia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academia
    • Academia is located in Juniata County
  • McCoysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCoysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoysville
    • McCoysville is located in Juniata County
  • Spruce Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
    • Spruce Hill is located in Juniata County
  • Walnut
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Walnut is located in Juniata County
  • McCullochs Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reeds Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Honey Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
    • Honey Grove is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Grove <3>
  • Kistler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kistler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
    • Kistler is located in Perry County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kistler
    • From Doyles Mills to Kistler
  • Saville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saville
    • Saville is located in Perry County
  • Port Royal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Granville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
    • Granville is located in Mifflin County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doyles Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doyles Mills.

Newspapers Published in Doyles 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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doyles Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doyles Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doyles Mills.

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 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 Doyles Mills:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Doyles Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Juniata County: www.co.juniata.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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- Doyles Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doyles Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4846, Longitude: -77.5146       In this case, the coordinates for Doyles Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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 Doyles Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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