Welcome to Pleasant Mills ...

Pleasant Mills is primarily located in Atlantic County<1>. A portion of Pleasant Mills extends into Burlington County.

The location of Pleasant Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1827.

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

Pleasant Mills is near sea level<3>.

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

The area code for Pleasant Mills: (609)

Communities Also Named Pleasant Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pleasant Mills - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Pleasant Mills ...

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

• Pleasantville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
• Hammonton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton
  • Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
• Absecon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
  • Absecon is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
• Northfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
  • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
• Washington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
• Egg Harbor City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
  • Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
• Port Republic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
  • Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
• Atsion
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
  • Atsion is located in Burlington County
• Wading River
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
  • Wading River is located in Burlington County
• Ancora
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
  • Ancora is located in Camden County

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

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

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

Adding Pleasant Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasant Mills post office opened in 1827.

We also found Pleasant Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Atlantic County: www.aclink.org/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/