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Welcome to Troy Mills ...

Troy Mills is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Troy Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

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

Troy Mills is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Troy Mills: 319

The ZIP code for Troy Mills: 52344<3>

Communities Also Named Troy Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Troy Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Troy Mills ...

Looking for more information about Troy 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Troy Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Troy Mills.

Adding Troy Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Troy 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 Troy Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Troy Mills post office opened in 1867.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Troy Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Troy Mills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Troy Mills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/