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Welcome to Pine Mills ...

Pine Mills is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Pine Mills is located in Wood County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

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

Pine Mills is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pine Mills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Pine Mills: (903) & (430)<3>

Communities Also Named Pine Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Pine Mills ...

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

  • Lindale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
    • Lindale is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <5>
  • Mineola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Winnsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
    • Winnsboro is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <5>
  • Hideaway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
    • Hideaway is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • Quitman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Big Sandy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
    • Big Sandy is located in Upshur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <5>
  • Hawkins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Winona
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Winona is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <5>
  • Hainesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
    • Hainesville is located in Wood County
  • Rhonesboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
    • Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Mills ...

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

Adding Pine Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine 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 Pine Mills was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Pine Mills in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Pine Mills post office opened in 1875.

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

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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