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Welcome to Mountain Mills ...

So far, we found very little information about Mountain Mills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

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


Mountain Mills would have been located within present day Colbert County<2>.


The location of Mountain Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mountain Mills is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mountain Mills was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Mountain Mills still existed, it would have been in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes.

Communities near Mountain Mills ...

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

  • Florence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscle Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscle Shoals
    • Muscle Shoals is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,877 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscle Shoals <6>
  • Russellville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Tuscumbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Iuka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <6>
  • Cherokee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Littleville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Saint Florian
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Florian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Tishomingo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

Adding Mountain Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mountain Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mountain Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Mountain Mills post office opened in 1883.

We also found Mountain Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mountain Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Colbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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