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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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones Mills: Jones Mls. (or less commonly used: Jones Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Mills may originally have been Jone's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Mills might be written as Jone Mills.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones 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 and hospitals 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.
Jones Mills is located in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Jones Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Mills:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Jones Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Donegal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stahlstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kecksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Mount Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Lycippus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
- Darlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Laughlintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Calumet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- United
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- Iron Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Boston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Versailles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Elim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Ferndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Lilly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Southmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Westmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Brownstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Johnstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lorain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lorain is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
- Conemaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Champion
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- White
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Bear Rocks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Everson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- South Connellsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Connellsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sitka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Dunbar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rogerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Blairsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Black Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Palmertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Josephine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Coral
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Heshbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Clarksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Graceton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Armagh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Bakersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Roytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- Laurel Mountain Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lavansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lavansville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
- New Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Lexington is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Husband
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Husband is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husband
- New Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Sipesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sipesville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
- Somerset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gideon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gideon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
- Jenners Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Jennerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Casselman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Donora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allenport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dunlevy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roscoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Speers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Twilight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Blainsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- California
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charleroi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Long Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Stockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Grantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friendsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Preston County (WV)
- Clifton Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Mills.
Cemeteries Near Jones Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones 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 Jones Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Raymonds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nedrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Porch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Snowball Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dan Snyder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Snyder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dan Snyder Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Indian Head.
- The Dan Snyder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snyder Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1191187 <4>
- Hillview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bakersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Normalville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- St. Michael's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael's Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Rector.
- The St. Michael's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267682 <4>
- Green Lick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Jones Mills had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Mills, with the one closest to Jones Mills listed first.
- Donegal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stahlstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Indian Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Normalville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trent is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Scullton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scullton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullton
- Kecksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Barronvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barronvale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronvale
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lycippus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
- Mammoth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mill Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Mills.
Newspapers Published in Jones 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Mills, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Mills.
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 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 Jones Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Cambria County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Garrett County
- Preston 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' (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- Jones 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 Jones Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |