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 Miller (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 Miller. 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 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.
Miller is located in Albany County.
To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Albany County: Jackson (CO), Larimer (CO), Carbon, Converse, Laramie & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Miller. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miller:
- Albany County (The home county of Miller)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller, with the one closest to Miller listed first.
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Laramie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laramie
- Laramie is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laramie <2>
- Centennial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Centennial is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centennial <2>
- Woods Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
- Woods Landing is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
- Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station has also been known as:
- Wyoming
- Red Buttes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
- Red Buttes is located in Albany County
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Albany is located in Albany County
- Jelm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jelm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelm
- Jelm is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jelm <2>
- The Buttes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Buttes
- The Buttes is located in Albany County
- Bosler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
- Bosler is located in Albany County
- Foxpark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Keystone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miller, see our County-by-County Page for Miller.
Newspapers Published in Miller ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miller.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miller, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miller.
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 Miller:
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Wyoming State Archives
- Pages specific to Albany County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cemeteries of Albany County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
Cemeteries Near Miller ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miller.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miller covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miller, with the one closest to Miller listed first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harmony Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Laramie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381901 <4>
- Greenhill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- The Greenhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Hill Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #886568 <4>
- Roy Sweetland Grave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roy Sweetland Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roy Sweetland Grave
- Worster Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Worster Cemetery
- Robert Wiliamson Grave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robert Wiliamson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robert Wiliamson Grave
- Forrester Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forrester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57286 <4>
- Old Sherman Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- The Old Sherman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sherman Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Sherman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274212 <4>
- Tathem Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tathem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tathem Cemetery
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 Miller in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Miller.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Miller, with the one closest to Miller listed first.
- Hatton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Laramie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laramie
- Laramie is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laramie <2>
- Centennial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Centennial is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centennial <2>
- Howell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Red Buttes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
- Red Buttes is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
- Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station has also been known as:
- Wyoming
- Keystone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Cooper Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Lake
- Cooper Lake is located in Albany County
- Tie Siding
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tie Siding
- Tie Siding is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tie Siding <2>
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Sherman ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Harper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Dale Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
- Dale Creek is located in Albany County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miller. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miller.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Miller. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Albany County: www.co.albany.wy.us/
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miller) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Miller. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3094, Longitude: -105.8694 In this case, the coordinates for Miller have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Miller, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |