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Welcome to Miflin ...

Miflin is located in Baldwin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Miflin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Miflin is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Miflin: 251

Communities near Miflin ...

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

  • Foley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <3>
  • Gulf Shores
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Robertsdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Loxley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Summerdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Elberta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Silverhill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Magnolia Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Perdido Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 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 Miflin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Miflin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Miflin ...

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

Adding Miflin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Miflin 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 (so far) for Miflin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Miflin post office opened in 1907. The Miflin post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Miflin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Baldwin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Miflin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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