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Do you know of Mills ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mills. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mills.

Our sources for Mills (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mills other than they indicate that Mills would be found somewhere in Sacramento County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1943.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Mills ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Mills.

There are three communities within California that are also named Mills.

Beyond California, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Colusa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mills [Colusa County].
    • San Francisco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mills [San Francisco County].
    • Sonoma County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Mills [Sonoma County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mills [Lincoln County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mills [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Whitfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mills [Whitfield County].
    • Iowa
      • Mills County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mills [Mills County].
    • Kansas
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mills [Meade County].
      • Rush County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mills [Rush County].
    • Kentucky
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mills [Knox County].
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mills [Washington County].
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mills [Houghton County].
      • Iosco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mills [Iosco County].
      • Sanilac County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mills [Sanilac County].
    • Nebraska
      • Keya Paha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Mills [Keya Paha County].
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Mills [Washington County].
    • New Mexico
      • Harding County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Mills [Harding County].
    • New York
      • Cortland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mills [Cortland County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mills [Gallia County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Mills [Lincoln County].
      • Ottawa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Mills [Ottawa County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mills [Allegheny County].
      • Potter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mills [Potter County].
    • Texas
      • Freestone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mills [Freestone County].
      • Grayson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mills [Grayson County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Mills [Davis County].
      • Juab County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Mills [Juab County].
    • Virginia
      • Buchanan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mills [Buchanan County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Washburn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Mills [Washburn County].
    • Wyoming
      • Natrona County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Mills [Natrona County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mills ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mills:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mills - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Mills.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/47612   (Place Name: Mills (Rancho Cordova))

County: Sacramento     (FIPS State/County: 06/067)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Sacramento County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Sacramento County.

AlbertJohnston
American River Bridge 
Arden - ArcadeLaguna Creek
 Larchmont Riviera
BathsLincoln Village
Bowling Green 
BoydMather Air Force Base
BracksMather Heights
Bridge HouseMeadows
BroadwayMofuba
  
Camellia StationNew Ramona
CamelliaNorthgate
Centre 
Colonial AcresPencilwood
Colonial HeightsPine Bluff
ColonialPlanehaven
Copnley 
 Rancho Marieta
Del Rio SacramentoRandall Island
 Routier Station
Fort Sutter 
FruitridgeSacramento South
 Schoolhouse
GlannvaleSherman Island
GlobeSouth Brighton
 Sutter Island
Homestead 
HopfenUnion House
  

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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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