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Welcome to Phillips Mills ...

Phillips Mills is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillips Mills, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

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

Phillips Mills is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Phillips Mills: 716 & 624<3>

Websites for Phillips Mills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chautauquachamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Phillips Mills, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Phillips Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Phillips 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 Phillips Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phillips Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Phillips Mills ...

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

Adding Phillips Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phillips 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 Phillips Mills was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Chautauqua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phillips 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Phillips Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Phillips 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.