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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 Mill Town (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 Mill Town. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Mill Town is located in Trinity County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Trinity County: Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto & Walker.

Below are the counties that are near Mill Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Town:

  • Trinity County     (The home county of Mill Town)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.
    • Trinity
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Glendale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Glendale is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Chita
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Chita is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
    • Carlisle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Carlisle is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Friday
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Friday is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
    • Groveton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pennington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumpter ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Sumpter is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
    • Lacy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lacy is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
      • Lacy has also been known as:
      • Lacey
    • Woodlake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Woodlake is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Center Point is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Helmic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Helmic is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.
    • Holly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Holly is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Lovelady
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Antioch ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Antioch is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Austonio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
    • Cooper
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Crockett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Porter Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Hickory Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
    • Kennard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Fog Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fog Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
    • Latexo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • Midway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.
    • Onalaska
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bold Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Bold Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs
    • West Livingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Livingston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Livingston
    • New Willard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • New Willard is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Willard
  • San Jacinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.
    • Oakhurst
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Point Blank
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Evergreen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Coldspring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.
    • Riverside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kittrell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Kittrell is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
    • Dodge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Huntsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Barado
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Barado is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
    • Elmina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Elmina is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
    • New Waverly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Wesley Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Town, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Town.

Cemeteries Near Mill Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Town.

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 Mill Town - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.

  • Glendale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • White Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Saron Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clapp Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunlap Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Huffman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spivey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gospel Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Gospel Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cincinnati Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Prairie Point Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (148 more) ...
    • Reed Sunshine Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cline Prairie Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Capers Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Mill Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Town.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Town, with the one closest to Mill Town listed first.

  • Trinity
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Riverside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Saron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saron is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
  • Lovelady
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Holly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Dodge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Groveton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Blank
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Josserand
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Josserand is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josserand
  • Phelps
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Phelps is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
  • Pennington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Huntsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Colita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Colita is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colita
    • Midway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Town.

Newspapers Published in Mill Town ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Town, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Town.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mill Town:

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>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 Mill Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Mill Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.