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Welcome to Scioto Mills ...

Scioto Mills is located in Stephenson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scioto Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

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

Scioto Mills is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Scioto Mills: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Scioto Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Scioto Mills ...

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

  • Freeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Monroe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Monroe is located in Green County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
  • Lena
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lena is located in Stephenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <4>
  • Pecatonica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Stockton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Durand
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Durand is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <4>
  • Forreston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lanark
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Warren is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Pearl City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Scioto Mills ...

Looking for more information about Scioto 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 Scioto Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Scioto Mills.

Adding Scioto Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Scioto 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 Scioto Mills was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Stephenson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scioto Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Scioto Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Scioto Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.