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Welcome to Milstead ...

Milstead is located in Rockdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milstead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Milstead had a population of 32,661 people.<2> (see below for details).

Milstead is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Milstead lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Milstead: 404, 470, 678 & 770<4>

Communities Also Named Milstead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Milstead - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Milstead ...

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

  • Stonecrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Tucker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Stockbridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stockbridge North
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
    • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
  • McDonough
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Decatur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Snellville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • North DeKalb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • North DeKalb is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North DeKalb
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 18,947 people
  • Covington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milstead ...

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

Adding Milstead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Milstead 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 Milstead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Milstead post office opened in 1904. The Milstead post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Milstead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Rockdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Milstead.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Milstead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Milstead area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Milstead area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/