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Welcome to Mills Mills ...

Mills Mills is located in Allegany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mills Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Mills Mills for more information about variations on the name of Mills Mills.

Mills Mills is 1,360 feet [415 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Mills Mills ...

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

  • Perry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <4>
  • Warsaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Morris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcade
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Nunda
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
    • Nunda is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,274 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunda <4>
  • Delevan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delevan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delevan
    • Delevan is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delevan <4>
  • Castile
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Belmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Allegany County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belmont <4>
  • Angelica
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Silver Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mills Mills ...

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

Adding Mills Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mills Mills post office opened in 1850.

We also found Mills Mills in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Allegany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mills Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/