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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mill City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mill City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mill City, please Contact Us.
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 Mill City (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 Mill City. 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.
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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mill City is historic, it would have been located within present day Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan & Susquehanna.
Below are the counties that are near Mill City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill City:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Mill City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Beaumont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Noxen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jenks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Evans Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- South Eaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Osterhout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Winola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Vosburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Forkston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Marcy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Sugar Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Wyalusing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Laddsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Homets Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Limehill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Asylum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Marshview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- New Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Overton is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Standing Stone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- East Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Leslie Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Jamison City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Jonestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Waller
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waller is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
- Stillwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Briar Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Coles Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Rohrsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
- Hetlerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Milwaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Old Forge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Schultzville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Moosic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Belian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Minooka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Clarks Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- La Plume
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Clarks Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Kunkle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Back Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Dallas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harveys Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Lehman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trucksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Carverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Loyalville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Meeker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Courtdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Luzerne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Lungerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Richarts Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Biggerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Monroe County
- Locust Lakes Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Bernice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Dushore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Laporte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Sonestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Springville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Tyler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Hop Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Lenoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoxville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoxville
- Royal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Rushville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- South Montrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- South Gibson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Hollisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- South Canaan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresslarville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill City, see our County-by-County Page for Mill City.
Cemeteries Near Mill City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill City.
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 Mill City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kocher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Shrine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Fitch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Polish 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.
Mill City itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 612 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill City, with the one closest to Mill City listed first.
- Kunkle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Beaumont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Center Moreland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Moreland is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Moreland
- Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Laketon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laketon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Harveys Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Idetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Idetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idetown
- Dallas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ketcham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ketcham is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketcham
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Noxen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ruggles
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Outlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Outlet is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
- Shavertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill City.
Newspapers Published in Mill City ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill City, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mill City:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradford County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Monroe County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mill City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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- Mill City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |