Welcome to Valley Mills ...

Valley Mills is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

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

Valley Mills is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Valley Mills: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Valley Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Valley Mills - they are located in Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Valley Mills ...

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

Utica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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- Utica is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Utica
- From Valley Mills to Utica
Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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- Rome is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rome
- From Valley Mills to Rome
Oneida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Oneida is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,824 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oneida
- From Valley Mills to Oneida
Chittenango
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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- Chittenango is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,823 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chittenango <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chittenango
- From Valley Mills to Chittenango
Canastota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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- Canastota is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,519 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Canastota
- From Valley Mills to Canastota
Manlius
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manlius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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- Manlius is located in Onondaga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,412 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Manlius
- From Valley Mills to Manlius
Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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- Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,079 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hamilton
- From Valley Mills to Hamilton
Whitesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Whitesboro is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,582 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesboro <4>
New York Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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- New York Mills is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New York Mills <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to New York Mills
- From Valley Mills to New York Mills
Sherrill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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- Sherrill is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,957 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sherrill
- From Valley Mills to Sherrill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Mills ...

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

Adding Valley Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley 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 Valley Mills was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Valley Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Valley 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>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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.