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Welcome to Osage Mills ...

Osage Mills is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Osage Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

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

Osage Mills is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Osage Mills: 479

Communities near Osage Mills ...

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

  • Fayetteville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Springdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bentonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bella Vista
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Centerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Siloam Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lowell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Farmington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pea Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Osage Mills ...

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

Adding Osage Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Osage Mills post office opened in 1852. The Osage Mills post office closed in 1906.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Osage Mills - 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/