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Welcome to Star Mills ...

Although we found mention of Star Mills during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Star Mills was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Star Mills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Star Mills, please Contact Us.


The location of Star Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


A typical abbreviation for Star Mills: Star Mls. (or less commonly used: Star Mlls.)

Star Mills is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Star Mills might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Star Mills (for example, toward Fordsville), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

We believe that Star Mills would be found within the (270) area code.

Communities Also Named Star Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Star Mills - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Star Mills.

Communities near Star Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Star Mills.

  • Elizabethtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Radcliff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliff
    • Radcliff is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,923 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radcliff <4>
  • Leitchfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Vine Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Grove
    • Vine Grove is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,554 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vine Grove <4>
  • Hodgenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Clarkson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Upton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Upton is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <4>
  • Sonora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • Sonora is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonora <4>
  • Bonnieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnieville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnieville
    • Bonnieville is located in Hart County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonnieville <4>
  • Cecilia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Star Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Star Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Star Mills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Star Mills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Star Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Star Mills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Star Mills ...

Looking for more information about Star Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Star Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Star Mills.

The official website for Hardin County: www.hcky.org/

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Star Mills and then turned west". While Star Mills could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Star Mills as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Star Mills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Star Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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