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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 Hays 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 Hays 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 Hays 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 Hays Mill: Hays Ml. (or less commonly used: Hays Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Hays Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hays Mill may originally have been Hay's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hays Mill might be written as Hay Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hays Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hays 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hays Mill is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Hays Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hays Mill:
- Butler County (The home county of Hays Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Valencia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mars
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glade Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Callery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Brownsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Watters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Fox Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Nixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Evans City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ogle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Frazier Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Gibsonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bradford Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Wexford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Ingomar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elfinwild
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elfinwild is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfinwild
- Russellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
- Indianola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duff City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Freeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Slate Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Shadyside Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- McVille
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Leechburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Worthington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Laird Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Apollo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- West Ford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Ford City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Economy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Baden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Goehring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Ambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Aliquippa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Monaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Phillipsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Phillipsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- East Brady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Ellport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Energy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Grant City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Wampum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Altman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Harlansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- East Moravia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- McCaslin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Enon Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mahoningtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- North Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Courtneys Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- MacDonald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- McMurray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Finleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gastonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Cokeburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Arnold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Kensington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Lower Burrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Weinel Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- West Leechburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- East End
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- State Line ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Hancock County (WV)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hays Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Hays Mill.
Cemeteries Near Hays Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hays 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 Hays Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hays Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mars Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Savior Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McMarlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poale Zedeck Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bakerstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UMC Cemetery
- The Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Pridgeon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Brownsdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hays Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hays Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hays Mill, with the one closest to Hays Mill listed first.
- Downieville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Valencia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mars
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bakerstown Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bakerstown Station is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerstown Station
- Bakerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glade Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Gibsonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Callery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Wexford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Zeno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zeno is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Evans City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ogle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hays Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hays Mill.
Newspapers Published in Hays 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hays Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hays Mill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hays Mill.
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 helpful 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 Hays Mill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Columbiana County
- Hancock 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 Hays 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hays Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |