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Welcome to Madison Mills ...

Madison Mills is located in Fayette County<1>.

The pronunciation of Madison Mills: MAD-ih-suhn<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Madison Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

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

Madison Mills is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Madison Mills: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Madison Mills ...

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

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

Communities near Madison Mills ...

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

  • Washington Court House
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Washington is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • London
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sabina
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • South Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
  • Mount Sterling
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Commercial Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • South Charleston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Williamsport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Madison Mills ...

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

Adding Madison Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Madison 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 Madison Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Madison Mills post office opened in 1866. The Madison Mills post office closed in 1942.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Madison Mills. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Madison 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Madison Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Madison 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>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/