Welcome to Glen Mills ...

Glen Mills is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glen Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

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

Glen Mills is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glen Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The ZIP code for Glen Mills: 19342<3>

Websites for Glen Mills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delcochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Glen Mills, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Glen Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Glen Mills ...

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

• Philadelphia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Camden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Wilmington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
• Norristown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Chester
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• West Chester
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Phoenixville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phoenixville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenixville
  • Phoenixville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenixville <4>
• Coatesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <4>
• Yeadon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Gloucester City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people

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 Glen Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glen Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glen 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 Glen Mills.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen Mills ...

Looking for more information about Glen 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Glen Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Glen Mills.

Adding Glen Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glen Mills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Glen Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Glen Mills post office opened in 1859.

We also found Glen Mills in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glen Mills.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glen Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/