Welcome to Grants Mills ...

Grants Mills is located in Providence County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grants Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Grants Mills for more information about variations on the name of Grants Mills.

Grants Mills is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Grants Mills: (401)

Websites for Grants Mills ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities Also Named Grants Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grants Mills - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Grants Mills ...

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

• Providence
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Providence is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
• Cranston
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
  • Cranston is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
• Framingham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham
  • Framingham is located in Middlesex County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
• Pawtucket
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtucket
  • Pawtucket is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,710 people
• Taunton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
  • Taunton is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
• East Providence
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence
  • East Providence is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
• Attleboro
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro
  • Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
• Woonsocket
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket
  • Woonsocket is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
• Natick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick
  • Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
• Cumberland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Cumberland is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 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 Grants Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grants Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grants Mills ...

Looking for more information about Grants 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 Grants Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grants Mills.

Adding Grants Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grants 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 Grants Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Grants Mills post office opened in 1902.

We also found Grants Mills on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Rhode Island (1911).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/