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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 Moffitts Mills (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 Moffitts Mills. 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 Moffitts Mills ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Moffitts Mills: Moffitts Mls. (or less commonly used: Moffitts Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Moffitts Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moffitts Mills may originally have been Moffitt's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moffitts Mills might be written as Moffitt Mills.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moffitts Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moffitts Mills.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Moffitts Mills is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland, Brooke (WV), Hancock (WV), Marshall (WV) & Ohio (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Moffitts Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moffitts Mills:
- Washington County (The home county of Moffitts Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Daisytown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coal Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Elco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Stockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blainsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- West Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Deemston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Allenport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlevy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Sunny Side
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clairton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Jefferson Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- Library
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Mendelssohn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Bethel Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Newell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Alicia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- La Belle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Chamouni
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Luzerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hiller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kenneth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- East Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- Belle Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Heistersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rices Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chartiers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Carmichaels
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Khedive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Nemacolin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Lippincott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Ceylon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Gibsonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sutersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Wyano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Shaner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Yukon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Herminie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County (WV)
- Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Bowlby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Baker Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Cassville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Cheat Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Osage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Star City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Blacksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Morgantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Preston County (WV)
- Clifton Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moffitts Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Moffitts Mills.
Cemeteries Near Moffitts Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moffitts Mills.
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 Moffitts Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moffitts Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Westland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grimes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eastern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gregg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beallsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hiller.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153919 <3>
- Green Lane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Moffitts Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moffitts Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moffitts Mills, with the one closest to Moffitts Mills listed first.
- Coal Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deemston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- West Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Stockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Fredericktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chamouni
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Speers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Allenport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Roscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roscoe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Linn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moffitts Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moffitts Mills.
Newspapers Published in Moffitts Mills ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moffitts Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moffitts Mills, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moffitts Mills.
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 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 Moffitts Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Westmoreland County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Preston 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 Moffitts Mills, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moffitts Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |