RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maine >> Oxford County >> MiltonIndex...

Welcome to Milton ...

Milton is located in Oxford County<1>.

Milton is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Milton: 207

Communities Also Named Milton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 67 communities that are also named Milton - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (6), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Milton ...

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

  • Rumford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Paris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Paris is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
  • Norway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bethel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexico
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Paris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Waterford is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
    • Waterford has also been known as:
    • Sweats Island
    • Sweet Island
    • Swetts Island
    • Waterford Flat
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <3>
  • Peru
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Peru is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,509 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milton ...

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

Footnotes ...

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