Welcome to Lusks Mills ...

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

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

Lusks Mills would have been located within present day Parke County<2>.

The location of Lusks 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 Lusks Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Lusks Mills for more information about variations on the name of Lusks Mills.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lusks Mills is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lusks Mills was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Lusks Mills (for example, toward Ridge Farm (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Lusks Mills would have been located in the (765) area code.

Communities near Lusks Mills ...

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

• Crawfordsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfordsville
  • Crawfordsville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,151 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawfordsville <5>
• Rockville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rockville is located in Parke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <5>
• Veedersburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Veedersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veedersburg
  • Veedersburg is located in Fountain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veedersburg <5>
• Fairview Park
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
  • Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
• Cayuga
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
  • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <5>
• Montezuma
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montezuma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
  • Montezuma is located in Parke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <5>
• Waynetown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynetown
  • Waynetown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynetown <5>
• Rosedale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Rosedale is located in Parke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
  • Rosedale has also been known as:
  • Roseville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <5>
• New Market
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Market have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
  • New Market is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
• Dana
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
  • Dana is located in Vermillion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people

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

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

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

Adding Lusks Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lusks Mills post office opened in 1837.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov