Welcome to Barretts Mills ...

Barretts Mills is located in Highland County<1>.

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We aren't confident of the location of Barretts Mills, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barretts Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

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

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

Barretts Mills is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Barretts Mills: 937 & 326<4>

Communities Also Named Barretts Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Barretts Mills ...

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

Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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- Hillsboro is located in Highland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,578 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <5>
Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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- Greenfield is located in Highland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenfield <5>
Peebles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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- Peebles is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,706 people
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Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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- Leesburg is located in Highland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,321 people
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New Vienna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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- New Vienna is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Vienna <5>
Frankfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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- Frankfort is located in Ross County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 988 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <5>
Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Bainbridge is located in Ross County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
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Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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- Highland is located in Highland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
South Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- South Salem is located in Ross County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Salem <5>
Sinking Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barretts Mills ...

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

Adding Barretts Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barretts 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 Barretts Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Barretts Mills post office opened in 1885.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Highland County: www.highland-co.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Highland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	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.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barretts 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 937 code has been Overlayed with the 326 area code. New phone numbers in the Barretts Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 937 or 326. As a result, placing a call in the Barretts 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>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/