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Welcome to Fort Kent Mills ...

Fort Kent Mills is located in Aroostook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Kent Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Kent Mills: Ft. Kent Mls. (or less commonly used: Ft. Kent Mlls.)

Fort Kent Mills is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Kent Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Fort Kent Mills (for example, toward Saint Francois de Madawaska (NB)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Fort Kent Mills: 207

The ZIP code for Fort Kent Mills: 04744<3>

Communities near Fort Kent Mills ...

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

  • Edmundston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Madawaska
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Jacques
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Frenchville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Saint Basile
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Saint David
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Agatha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Packington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Francois de Madawaska
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Kent Mills ...

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

Adding Fort Kent Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fort Kent Mills post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Kent Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Aroostook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Kent 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 Fort Kent Mills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Kent 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/