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Welcome to Union Mills ...

Union Mills is located in Mahaska County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Union Mills (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Union Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

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

Union Mills is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Union Mills: 641

Communities Also Named Union Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Union Mills - they are located in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Union Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Union 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 Union Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Union Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Union Mills ...

Looking for more information about Union 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Union Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Union Mills.

Adding Union Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Union Mills post office opened in 1848.

We also found Union Mills in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Union Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Mahaska, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Union Mills - 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>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.
<5>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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