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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 Thompsons 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 Thompsons 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 Thompsons 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 Thompsons Mills: Thompsons Mls. (or less commonly used: Thompsons Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Thompsons Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Thompsons Mills may originally have been Thompson's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Thompsons Mills might be written as Thompson Mills.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Thompsons Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thompsons 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 doctors 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.
Thompsons Mills is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Ashtabula (OH), Trumbull (OH), Erie, Mercer, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Thompsons Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thompsons Mills:
- Crawford County (The home county of Thompsons Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Hydetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vrooman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Fauncetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Spartansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Townville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Lincolnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Black Ash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Newmansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Venus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Wolfs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Fryburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Marble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Corry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Wattsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arbuckle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- LeBoeuf Garden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Waterford Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Waterford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edinboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Fagundus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Jamison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Gilfoyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- North Sandy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- New Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- New Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Sandy Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Petroleum Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Pithole City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Plumer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Rouseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rynd Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- McClintock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Wilson Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Colonial Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Cooperstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Selkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Sanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- West Spring Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Tidioute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Colza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Cobham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pittsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Niobe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- French Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- North Clymer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
- Panama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Findley Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thompsons Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Thompsons Mills.
Cemeteries Near Thompsons Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thompsons 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 Thompsons Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thompsons Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Curry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Curry Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Titusville.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Cemetery
- Gilson Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Titus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Catharine's RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Troy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Cheney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Thompsons Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thompsons Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thompsons Mills, with the one closest to Thompsons Mills listed first.
- Hydetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- East Titusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Titusville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Titusville
- Vrooman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Selkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Troy Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Troy Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Shamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Grand Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
- Fauncetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thompsons Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thompsons Mills.
Newspapers Published in Thompsons 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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thompsons Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thompsons Mills, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thompsons 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 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 Thompsons Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Chautauqua 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' (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- Thompsons 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 Thompsons Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |