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Welcome to Milford ...

Milford is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Milford is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Milford: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Milford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Milford - they are located in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Milford ...

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

  • De Queen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashdown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ashdown is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <4>
  • Nashville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dierks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Horatio
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lockesburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Wilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Wilton is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
  • Tollette
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tollette is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Winthrop
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Milford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Milford.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milford ...

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

Adding Milford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Milford 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 Milford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Milford post office opened in 1892. The Milford post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Milford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Milford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Milford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Milford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/