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Welcome to Bolins Mills ...

Bolins Mills is located in Vinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bolins Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

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

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

Bolins Mills is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bolins Mills: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Bolins Mills ...

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

  • Athens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pomeroy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • McArthur
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Chauncey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Mason
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Albany
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hamden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Buchtel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Buchtel is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 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 Bolins Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bolins Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bolins Mills ...

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

Adding Bolins Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bolins Mills post office opened in 1878. The Bolins Mills post office closed in 1910.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Vinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bolins 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Bolins Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Bolins 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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