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Welcome to Burnt Mill ...

Burnt Mill is located in Pueblo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burnt Mill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Burnt Mill: Burnt Ml. (or less commonly used: Burnt Mll.)

Burnt Mill is 5,370 feet [1,637 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Burnt Mill is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Burnt Mill lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Burnt Mill: 719

Communities Also Named Burnt Mill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Burnt Mill - they are located in Maine and Maryland.

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

Communities near Burnt Mill ...

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

  • Pueblo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <3>
  • Rye
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rye is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <3>
  • Colorado City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
  • Beulah Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
  • Greenhorn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Beulah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Apache City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
  • Lascar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lascar is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
  • Siloam
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Salt Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burnt Mill ...

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

Adding Burnt Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burnt Mill 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 Burnt Mill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Burnt Mill post office opened in 1911. The Burnt Mill post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burnt Mill.

Footnotes ...

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