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 Poe 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 Poe 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.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Poe Mills is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Poe Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poe Mills:
- Centre County (The home county of Poe Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Ingleby
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Coburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aaronsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fiedler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Woodward
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zerby
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Rebersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Penn Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Penn Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
- Spring Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Madisonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Livonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Tylersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Greenburr
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Lamar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Loganton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Abdera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Rote
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Cedar Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Salona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Mill Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Castanea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Flemington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Flemington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Lock Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dunnstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Dauphin County
- Paxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Huntingdon County
- Ennisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- McAlisterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swales
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Port Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thompsontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Port
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Knousetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Seven Stars
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Doyles Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Collomsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Antes Fort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Jersey Shore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Alfarata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
- Paintersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Honey Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Milroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yeagertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Kishacoquillas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Lewistown Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata Terrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Selinsgrove Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Malta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Millerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pfoutz Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- Eshcol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Ickesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Reward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Liverpool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Bannerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- Middle Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benfer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Troxelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Beaver Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paxtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Coon Hunter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Penns Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Globe Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Mount Pleasant Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Cherry Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Pardee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Glen Iron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- Laurelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Hartleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Millmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mifflinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Red Bank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- New Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mazeppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Linntown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poe Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Poe Mills.
Cemeteries Near Poe Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poe 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 Poe Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poe Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Heckman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Belltown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Poe Mills had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poe Mills, with the one closest to Poe Mills listed first.
- Ingleby
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Cherry Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Coburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aaronsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodward
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiedler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Millheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zerby
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Weikert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Weikert is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weikert
- Bannerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- Pardee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Penn Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Penn Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spring Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Siglerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siglerville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siglerville
- Crossgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crossgrove is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgrove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poe Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poe Mills.
Newspapers Published in Poe 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poe Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poe Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poe Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Poe Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Dauphin County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Mifflin County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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> | 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 Poe Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poe Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |