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Welcome to Eagle Mills ...

Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County<1>.

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

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

Eagle Mills is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Eagle Mills: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Eagle Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Eagle Mills - they are located in Arkansas, Michigan (2), New York, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Eagle Mills ...

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

  • Statesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mocksville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Yadkinville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jonesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Boonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Cooleemee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ronda
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Eagle Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eagle Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eagle Mills ...

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

Adding Eagle Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Eagle Mills post office opened in 1848. The Eagle Mills post office closed in 1894.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Iredell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eagle 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Eagle Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Eagle 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/