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 Millers (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. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Millers is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Millers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millers:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of Millers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Mantz
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
- Andreas
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coaldale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rene Mont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont
- New Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hometown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Rauschs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs
- Tamaqua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McKeansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg
- Tuscarora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tuscarora is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Grier City - Park Crest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Quaker City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Stony Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stony Run is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Grimville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grimville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville
- Krumsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Krumsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville
- Lenhartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Ededburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Kutztown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monterey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Schofer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Schofer is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer
- Hamburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Castle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Bucks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Steinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Steinsburg is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Shelly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shelly is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
- Zionhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zionhill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill
- Milford Square
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Square is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square
- Passer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Passer is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer
- Springtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- New Mahoning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Germans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Ashfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
- Mertz Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Lansford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lehighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weissport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nesquehoning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kittatinny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kittatinny is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny
- Parryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowmanstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Aristes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Centralia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shumans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Locustdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Stines Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Slatedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Custer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Newside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newside is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside
- Friedens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Hynemansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- New Smithville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Hazleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ebervale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- West Hazleton
(18 miles [29 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
- Highlands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Highlands is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Harleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conyngham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tomhicken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- White Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Kresgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland
- Brodheadsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Appenzell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Palm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Pennsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Congo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Red Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hoppenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville
- Pleasant Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Berlinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Lockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Walnutport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Danielsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kreidersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kreidersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville
- Northampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arndts
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Howertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Howertown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown
- Howertown has also been known as:
- Hauertown
- Howardtown
- Howartown
- Howeton
- North Catasauqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Weaversville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Weaversville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville
- Franks Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Franks Corner is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millers, see our County-by-County Page for Millers.
Cemeteries Near Millers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millers.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
- The Dinkey Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashfield Cemetery
- Dinkey Memorial Lutheran Church Cemetery
- New Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friedens Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gnaden Huetten Cemetery is located in Lehighton.
- The Gnaden Huetten Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huetten Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45156 <2>
- Lehighton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Packerton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friedens Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of New Ringgold.
- The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friedens Cemetery
- Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Friedens Union Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #333895 <2>
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Millers had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millers, with the one closest to Millers listed first.
- Mantz
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
- Andreas
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Leibeyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leibeyville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leibeyville
- Dorset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Lynnport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lynnport is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnport
- Mosserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mosserville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosserville
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- New Tripoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Germans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Normal Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Normal Square is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
- New Mahoning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kepner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kepner is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepner
- Steinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Steinsville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsville
- Wanamakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wanamakers is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamakers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millers.
Newspapers Published in Millers ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millers, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millers.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Millers:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Bucks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Northampton 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 Millers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Millers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |