Our Genealogy Helper
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 Mill Creek Corner (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 Creek Corner. 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 Mill Creek Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mill Creek Corner: Mill Crk. Cor. (or less commonly used: Mill Crk. Crn.)
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 and doctors 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.
Mill Creek Corner is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Mill Creek Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Creek Corner:
Berks County (The home county of Mill Creek Corner)
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Monterey (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Monterey is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Eagle Point (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Grimville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Krumsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Schofer (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Schofer is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer Hinterleiter (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hinterleiter is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinterleiter Kutztown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Topton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Stony Run (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Lyon Station (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Lyon Station is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station Hancock (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Dryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Dryville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Steinsburg (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Hilltop (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Zionhill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Shelly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Milford Square (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Trumbauersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Passer (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Quakertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Pullen (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Richlandtown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Argus (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Rich Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Germans (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Kittatinny (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny New Mahoning (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Hazard (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Bowmanstown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Parryville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Weissport (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Palmerton (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Lehighton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lansford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Pottstown Landing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Bucktown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Parker Ford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Pughtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Elverson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Blainsport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Denver (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Newmanstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
New Smithville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Hynemansville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Stines Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Seipstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Wallner ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Chapman (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Weidasville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Weidasville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidasville Ancient Oaks (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Jacksonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Alburtis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Hensingersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Luzerne County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Eckley ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Eckley is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley Eckley has also been known as:
Eckley Miners Village Jeddo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jeddo is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
Harwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Harwood is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood Hazleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
West Hazleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Kresgeville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rossland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rossland is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland Gilbert (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Palm (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Congo (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pennsburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Red Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Anise (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Hoppenville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville New Hanover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Lockport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport North Catasauqua (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Walnutport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Kreidersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Weaversville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Hanover (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Danielsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Franks Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Franks Corner is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Mantz (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Andreas (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Rauschs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Port Clinton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
New Ringgold (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Deer Lake (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Auburn (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Orwigsburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Coaldale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Warren County (NJ)
Phillipsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Phillipsburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Creek Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Creek Corner .
Cemeteries Near Mill Creek Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Creek Corner.
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 Creek Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Creek Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Zion Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Christ DeLong UCC Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Topton Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Topton Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Topton . The Topton Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Topton Cemetery Union Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992380 <2>
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Union Cemetery of Bowers (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Bowers The Union Cemetery of Bowers has also been known as:
Bowers Cemetery Christ DeLong's Cemetery St. Pauls Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Lutheran Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stony Run . The Friedens Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #335558 <2>
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Longswamp Union Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (358 more) ...
St. John's UCC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's UCC Cemetery The St. John's UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
Union Cemetery of Fogelsville Millers Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Friedens Union Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville . The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Church Cemetery Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Mill Creek Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Creek Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek Corner, with the one closest to Mill Creek Corner listed first.
Eagle Point (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Schofer (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Schofer is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer Grimville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Krumsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Kutztown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hinterleiter (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hinterleiter is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinterleiter Maxatawny (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Maxatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxatawny Hynemansville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Seiberlingville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Seiberlingville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seiberlingville Stines Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Topton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (21 more) ...
Seipstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Lyon Station (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Lyon Station is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station Hancock (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Creek Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Creek Corner .
Newspapers Published in Mill Creek Corner ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Creek Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Creek Corner, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Mill Creek Corner.
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 Mill Creek Corner:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mill Creek Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Creek Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mill Creek Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.