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 Millbach (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 Millbach. 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 southeast 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 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.
Millbach is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Millbach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millbach:
- Lebanon County (The home county of Millbach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Stricklerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Newmanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Schaefferstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Myerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Avon Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Greble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Cornwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Womelsdorf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wintersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- North Heidelberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Mount Aetna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Phoebe Berks Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wernersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rehrersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Bernville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Adamstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Elverson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Isabella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Birdell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Compass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Cupola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Loag
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Rockville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Knauertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Atglen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Bachmanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shellsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Deposit
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Hummelstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manadahill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Cocalico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Hopeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Blainsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Clay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brickerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Stevens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brunnerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reamstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elm is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Ephrata
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Akron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Bramcote
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Moyers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Marstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aucheys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Irving
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Paradise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Friedensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lake Wynonah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Beuchler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Ravine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Suedberg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- East Prospect
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Hallam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- York Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Mount Wolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Yorkana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millbach, see our County-by-County Page for Millbach.
Cemeteries Near Millbach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millbach.
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 Millbach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millbach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Horst Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snavely Cemetery
- Conrad Weiser Gravesite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- United Evangelical Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Womelsdorf Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <2>
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lapps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Host Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopeland UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopeland UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hopeland.
- The Hopeland UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopeland Brethren Church Cemetery
- Hopeland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154417 <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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Millbach had a population of 84 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millbach, with the one closest to Millbach listed first.
- Newmanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Kleinfeltersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schaefferstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cocalico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Womelsdorf Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Womelsdorf Station is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf Station
- Womelsdorf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stouchsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stouchsburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouchsburg
- Reistville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reistville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reistville
- Myerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Host
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Host is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Host
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Wintersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Durlach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Durlach is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
- Blainsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millbach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millbach.
Newspapers Published in Millbach ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millbach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millbach, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millbach.
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 Millbach:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lebanon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Millbach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Millbach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |