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Welcome to New York Mills ...

The village of New York Mills is located in Oneida County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New York Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1832.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, New York Mills has a population of 3,208 people<2> (see below for details).

New York Mills is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for New York Mills: 315 & 680<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, New York Mills had an population of 3,208 people. This is a decrease of 3.58% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 0.53% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, New York Mills had a population of 3,327 people. This makes New York Mills the county's 19th most populous community.

The population of New York Mills represents 0.02% of the total population of New York (which has 19,378,102 people), making it the state's 655th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,327 people, the population of New York Mills increased 4.26% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,191 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for New York Mills.

Communities Also Named New York Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named New York Mills - it's located in Minnesota.

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

Communities near New York Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New York Mills ...

Looking for more information about New York 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for New York Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for New York Mills.

Adding New York Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New York 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 New York Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the New York Mills post office opened in 1832.

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

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

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

The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for New York Mills.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New York Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the New York Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the New York Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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