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Welcome to Mildred ...

Mildred is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mildred, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Mildred is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mildred: 218

Communities Also Named Mildred ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Mildred - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Texas.

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

Communities near Mildred ...

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

  • Breezy Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crosslake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Pequot Lakes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Nisswa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
  • Lake Shore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pine River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fifty Lakes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hackensack
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Backus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mildred ...

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

Adding Mildred to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mildred 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 Mildred was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mildred post office opened in 1899. The Mildred post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mildred.

Footnotes ...

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