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 Strodes 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 Strodes 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 Strodes 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 Strodes Mills: Strodes Mls. (or less commonly used: Strodes Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Strodes Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Strodes Mills may originally have been Strode's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Strodes Mills might be written as Strode 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Strodes Mills is located in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County: Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Strodes Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strodes Mills:
- Mifflin County (The home county of Strodes Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Belleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Juniata Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Kishacoquillas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Lewistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Covedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Shellytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Springfield Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Point View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Fruittown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Boalsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Potters Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Bloomsdorf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Panorama Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Centre Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Fairbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Lemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- State College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bears Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Newville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Mowersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Ennisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Donation
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Mill Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Aughwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Birdville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Blairs Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Huntingdon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shirleysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Peru Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Mifflin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Perulack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Port Royal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Kistler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- New Germantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ickesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Bixler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Centre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Eshcol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Alinda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Landisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Bannerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Beaver Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Benfer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Beavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Cherry Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Pardee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strodes Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Strodes Mills.
Cemeteries Near Strodes Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strodes 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 Strodes Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strodes Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Corbin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Juniata Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Juniata Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Lewistown.
- The Juniata Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Juniata Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45212 <4>
- Mattawana Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ohey Sholum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millers Tomb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lind Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rothrock - Hoyt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooleys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Long Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McCoysville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Strodes Mills had a population of 68 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Strodes Mills, with the one closest to Strodes Mills listed first.
- Horningford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Anderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Granville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Longfellow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Mattawana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Belleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewistown Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Lewistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blacklog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Reeds Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCoysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McCoysville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Strodes Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strodes Mills.
Newspapers Published in Strodes 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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strodes Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strodes 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 Strodes 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 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 Strodes Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mifflin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Strodes Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Strodes Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |