Welcome to Point Mills ...
Point Mills is located in the western region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).
Point Mills is located in Houghton County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
A typical abbreviation for Point Mills: Pt. Mills
Point Mills is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Point Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Point Mills and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Area Code for Point Mills: 906
Communities Also Named Point Mills ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Point Mills - it's located in West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Point Mills.
Communities near Point Mills ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Point Mills.
- Houghton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laurium
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurium have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurium
- Laurium is located in Houghton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurium <3>
- Lake Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Linden
- Lake Linden is located in Houghton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Linden <3>
- South Range
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Calumet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Calumet is located in Houghton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calumet <3>
- Copper City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Copper City is located in Houghton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Ahmeek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hurontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurontown
- Hurontown is located in Houghton County
- Chassell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chassell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chassell
- Chassell is located in Houghton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chassell <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 Point Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point Mills.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Point 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 Point Mills.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Point Mills.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Mills ...
Looking for more information about Point 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 Point Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Point Mills.
Adding Point Mills to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Point 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 for Point Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Point Mills post office opened in 1899.
We also found Point Mills on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Mills.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Houghton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Point Mills - 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |