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 Milltown (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 Milltown. 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.
Milltown is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Milltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milltown:
Perry County (The home county of Milltown)
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Alinda (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Landisburg (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Elliottsburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Falling Spring (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Eshcol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Blain (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bixler (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Centre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Mecks Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Ickesburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Cisna Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Kistler (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Newport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Latimore (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Gardners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Gargol (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Gargol is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol Idaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Idaville is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville Bendersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
York Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Aspers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Guernsey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Guernsey is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Lake Meade (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Lake Meade is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade Arendtsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Biglerville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg Plainview (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Plainview is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Allegheny County
Bloomfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Caprivi (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Schlusser (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Plainfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bears Crossroads (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads Carlisle (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Newville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Washington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Washington is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Craighead (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Craighead is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead Barnitz (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Barnitz is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz Big Spring (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Big Spring is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Boiling Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Dauphin (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Halifax (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Harrisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lucknow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Stone Glen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Hillside Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village Millersburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Edgemont (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Penbrook (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Penbrook is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
Fisherville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Enterline (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Enders (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Mowersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Mowersville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville Concord (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Concord is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Doylestown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Doylestown is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown Orrstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Dry Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Dry Run is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Newbridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Newbridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge Pinola (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Pinola is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola Pleasant Hall (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall Green Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Green Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Huntingdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Blairs Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills Aughwick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Mexico (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Locust Run (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Port Royal (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Thompsontown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Doyles Mills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Mifflintown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Mifflin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
East Rutherford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
East Rutherford is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford McCullochs Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills Reeds Gap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap Perulack (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Perulack is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack McAlisterville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Alfarata (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Anderson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Juniata Terrace (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Burnham (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Yeagertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mattawana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mattawana is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana McVeytown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lumber City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Northumberland County
Malta (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
McClure (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bannerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Beaver Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Beavertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Aline (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Middle Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Hoffer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Shadle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Benfer (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Mount Pleasant Mills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Paxtonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Pallas (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas York County
The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Siddonsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Andersontown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Dillsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Uniontown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Uniontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown New Market (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Mount Top (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mount Top is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top Nauvoo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Lewisberry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Wellsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Redland Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milltown, see our County-by-County Page for Milltown .
Cemeteries Near Milltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milltown.
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 Milltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Landisburg Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Restland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Emory Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
McClures Gap Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Snyders Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
St. Paul Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Pioneer Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Newport Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Westminister Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (182 more) ...
Kilmer Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Bull Hill Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Blain Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Milltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Milltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
Alinda (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Landisburg (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Elliottsburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Falling Spring (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Mannsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Mannsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Roseburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Roseburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg Shermans Dale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Blain (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
New Bloomfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bixler (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Eshcol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Continue List (17 more) ...
Centre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Ickesburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Cisna Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milltown .
Newspapers Published in Milltown ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Milltown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Milltown.
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 Milltown:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Cumberland County Dauphin County Franklin County Huntingdon County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Snyder County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Milltown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
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 Milltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Milltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.