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Welcome to Pine Mills ...

So far, we found very little information about Pine Mills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pine Mills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pine Mills, please Contact Us.


Pine Mills would have been located within present day Muscatine County<2>.


The location of Pine Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pine Mills is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Pine Mills was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Pine Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pine Mills - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Pine Mills ...

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

  • Davenport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Moline
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
    • Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <5>
  • Rock Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bettendorf
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Muscatine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscatine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatine
    • Muscatine is located in Muscatine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscatine <5>
  • Eldridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Milan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <5>
  • Aledo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aledo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aledo
    • Aledo is located in Mercer County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,383 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aledo <5>
  • Wilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Wilton is located in Muscatine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <5>
  • Durant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
    • Durant is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durant <5>

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

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

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

Adding Pine Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pine Mills was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Pine Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

The official website for Muscatine County: www.co.muscatine.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pine Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Muscatine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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