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Welcome to Clifton Mills ...

Clifton Mills is located in Breckinridge County<1>.

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

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

Clifton Mills is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Clifton Mills (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Clifton Mills: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Clifton Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clifton Mills - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Clifton Mills ...

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

  • Brandenburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cannelton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Irvington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cloverport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Ekron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Mauckport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alton is located in Crawford County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • New Amsterdam
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Raymond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Raymond is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clifton Mills ...

Looking for more information about Clifton 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 Clifton Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clifton Mills.

Adding Clifton Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clifton Mills post office opened in 1848. The Clifton Mills post office closed in 1935.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Breckinridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clifton 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Clifton Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Clifton 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.
<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/