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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 Eberlys 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 Eberlys 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 Eberlys 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 Eberlys Mill: Eberlys Ml. (or less commonly used: Eberlys Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Eberlys Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Eberlys Mill may originally have been Eberly's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Eberlys Mill might be written as Eberly 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 southwest 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 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.
Eberlys Mill is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Eberlys Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eberlys Mill:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Eberlys Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Lower Allen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Lemoyne
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Cumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wormleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- West Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Sporting Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Allenview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Latimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Lake Meade
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- York Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gargol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Gardners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Heidlersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Abbottstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aspers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bendersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Steelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Paxtang
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Penbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Edgemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Progress
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Highspire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lucknow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Bloomburg Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Colonial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Seven Stars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Locust Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Thompsontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Falmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Rheems
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Maytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Florin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mastersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Mount Joy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Campbelltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Syner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Lawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Colebrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Annville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fontana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Cleona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Marysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perdix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- New Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Mecks Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Falling Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Bailey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Blain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Schuylkill County
- Suedberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Snyder County
- McKees Half Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- New Market
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Nauvoo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Marsh Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Lewisberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Siddonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Quaker Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Valley Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Erney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Dillsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eberlys Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Eberlys Mill.
Cemeteries Near Eberlys Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eberlys 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 Eberlys Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eberlys Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- Rolling Green Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairview Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roof Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1921632 <3>
- Poplar Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- William Howard Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Howard Day Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the William Howard Day Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The William Howard Day Cemetery has also been known as:
- Day Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44666 <3>
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dauphin County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Lantz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eberlys Mill had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eberlys Mill, with the one closest to Eberlys Mill listed first.
- White Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- New Cumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rossmoyne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rossmoyne is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoyne
- Shiremanstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Steelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oberlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oberlin is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
- Paxtang
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Penbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bowmansdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmansdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmansdale
- Nantilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nantilly is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantilly
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eberlys Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eberlys Mill.
Newspapers Published in Eberlys 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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eberlys Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eberlys Mill, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eberlys Mill.
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 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 Eberlys Mill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- York 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 Eberlys Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eberlys Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |