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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 Farmers 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 Farmers 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 Farmers 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Farmers Mills: Farmers Mls. (or less commonly used: Farmers Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Farmers Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Farmers Mills may originally have been Farmer's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Farmers Mills might be written as Farmer Mills.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Farmers Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Farmers 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 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.
Farmers Mills is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Farmers Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmers Mills:
- Centre County (The home county of Farmers Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Penn Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
- Spring Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centre Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Zerby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Potters Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Centre Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Madisonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Fruittown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Coburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aaronsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clearfield County
- Kylertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Abdera
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Lamar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tylersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Cedar Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Greenburr
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Salona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Mill Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rote
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Beech Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flemington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flemington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Loganton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Castanea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lock Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Ennisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Neffs Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Dungarvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Huntingdon Furnace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- McAlisterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Swales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- Port Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Mexico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Old Port
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Locust Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Richfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Jersey Shore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antes Fort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Milroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Reedsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lumber City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Kishacoquillas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Yeagertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burnham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Alfarata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
- Paintersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Lewistown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Juniata Terrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Bannerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Benfer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Troxelville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Beaver Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paxtonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Penns Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coon Hunter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Cherry Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Pardee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Glen Iron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- Laurelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Hartleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Millmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mifflinburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red Bank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Farmers Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Farmers Mills.
Cemeteries Near Farmers Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmers 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 Farmers Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmers Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centre Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heckman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reformed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lick Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bellefonte City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46531 <4>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Centre County Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of State College.
- The Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1885601 <4>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Farmers Mills had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmers Mills, with the one closest to Farmers Mills listed first.
- Spring Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Penn Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
- Centre Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Centre Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Potters Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Zerby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Tusseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tusseyville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusseyville
- Hublersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hublersburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hublersburg
- Madisonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Coburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pleasant Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aaronsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Axemann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmers Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmers Mills.
Newspapers Published in Farmers 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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmers Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmers Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmers 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 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 Farmers Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Mifflin County
- Snyder County
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmers Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Farmers Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |