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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 Millers Eddy (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 Millers Eddy. 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 Millers Eddy ...
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.
While the name of this community is Millers Eddy, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Millers Eddy may originally have been Miller's Eddy.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Millers Eddy might be written as Miller Eddy.
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.
Millers Eddy is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Millers Eddy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millers Eddy:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Millers Eddy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Queenstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
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- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Bradys Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Parker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kaylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Wattersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Rimer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Cowansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Dee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Frenchs Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Worthington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Sligo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Culmerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Karns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Curtisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Natrona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tarentum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Petrolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Bruin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Karns City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Kepples Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Eau Claire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Cherry Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Greece City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- North Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Saint Joe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Bela
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Catfish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- West Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- East Brady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Toby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Phillipston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Rimersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Foxburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Lawsonham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Alum Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Saint Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sligo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Beyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Smicksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Langville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Summerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Corsica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ohl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Pansy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Baxter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Worthville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Coolspring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brookville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Howe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Grant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Courtneys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Kilgore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrys Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Jackson Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nickleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Clintonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Nectarine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Bullion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Barkeyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cranberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Fertigs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Hill City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Pearl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Bagdad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- East Vandergrift
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millers Eddy, see our County-by-County Page for Millers Eddy.
Cemeteries Near Millers Eddy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millers Eddy.
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 Millers Eddy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millers Eddy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Eusebius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Millers Eddy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millers Eddy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millers Eddy, with the one closest to Millers Eddy listed first.
- Upper Hillville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Upper Hillville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hillville
- Dutch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dutch Hill is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- West Monterey
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Monterey is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monterey
- Queenstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Sarah Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
- Catfish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Bela
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Petrolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Kaylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- East Brady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bruin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Karns City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millers Eddy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millers Eddy.
Newspapers Published in Millers Eddy ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millers Eddy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millers Eddy, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millers Eddy.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Millers Eddy:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Westmoreland 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 Millers Eddy, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millers Eddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |