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 Milton (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 Milton. 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 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.
Milton is located in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County: Columbia, Dauphin, Lycoming, Montour, Schuylkill, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Milton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milton:
- Northumberland County (The home county of Milton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Potts Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McEwensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Watsontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dewart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turbotville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chulasky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sunbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Keefers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Rushtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Snydertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Livonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Wolfs Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Woodward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fiedler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Rauchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Loganton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenburr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Avis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McElhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Youngdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Rote
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Tylersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Jerseytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Grovania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Eyers Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Millville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Iola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Fernville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Rupert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Welliversville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Bloomsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Catawissa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Erdman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Pillow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gratz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Richfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knousetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Luzerne County
- New Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Muncy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Muncy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- Montoursville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Williamsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Faxon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Collomsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Newberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Mooresburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Klingerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rough and Ready
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Pitman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Kratzerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Shamokin Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hummels Wharf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Penns Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Kreamer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Coon Hunter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Pallas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Beech Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Hillsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eagles Mere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- New Columbia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Milton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linntown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Allenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Hartleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milton, see our County-by-County Page for Milton.
Cemeteries Near Milton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milton.
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 Milton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Milton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Klopp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klopp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Klopp Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of New Columbia.
- The Klopp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clapp Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976715 <2>
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chillisquaque Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Deer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stitzel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoltzfus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Luntz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Billmeyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allenwood Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Allenwood.
- The Allenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uniontown Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Milton had a population of 5,317 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Milton had a population of 6,550 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milton, with the one closest to Milton listed first.
- New Columbia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Milton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Montandon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Potts Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Watsontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McEwensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kelly Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Chillisquaque
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chillisquaque is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillisquaque
- Limestoneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Limestoneville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestoneville
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrior Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Dewart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Allenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- California
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- California is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Turbotville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Milton ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Milton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Milton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Milton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of Milton.
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 websites either 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 Milton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Northumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Union 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> | 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- Milton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Milton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |