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 East Millville (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 East Millville. 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 East Millville ...
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 East Millville: E. Millville
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.
East Millville 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 East Millville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Millville:
- Columbia County (The home county of East Millville)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Millville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Iola
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Eyers Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Welliversville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Jerseytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Coles Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Mordansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Rohrsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Bradford County
- Overton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- New Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Register
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Clarks View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Fairmount Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Huntington Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waterton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Harveyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- East Berwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Red Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Unityville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Biggerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lairdsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Richarts Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Lungerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Beaver Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Muncy
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Montoursville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Faxon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Exchange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Washingtonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Turbotville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chulasky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Rushtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- McEwensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Potts Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reed
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Watsontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marion Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Dewart
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Ferndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Nuremberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ringtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brandonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Krebs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Oneida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Raven Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Fountain Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hummels Wharf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Selinsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Beech Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Long Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Eagles Mere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Laporte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ogdonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Bernice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Hillsgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Millview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Shinerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- New Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Linntown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mazeppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- New Berlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Millville, see our County-by-County Page for East Millville.
Cemeteries Near East Millville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Millville.
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 East Millville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Millville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Ikelers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lemon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lemon Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Greenwood.
- The Lemon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Christian Church Cemetery
- Greenwood Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977796 <3>
- McHenry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Center UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rohrsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <3>
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Hidlay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 East Millville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Millville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Millville, with the one closest to East Millville listed first.
- Millville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Iola
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Eyers Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Sereno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Welliversville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Jerseytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Mordansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Pine Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Summit is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Summit
- Derrs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Derrs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrs
- White Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Hall is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Strawberry Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry Ridge is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Ridge
- Buckhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Paper Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 East Millville. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Millville.
Newspapers Published in East Millville ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Millville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Millville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Millville.
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 East Millville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Millville) 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 East Millville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |