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Welcome to Mifflinville ...

Mifflinville is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mifflinville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Mifflinville is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mifflinville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mifflinville - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Mifflinville ...

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

  • Columbus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dublin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dublin is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
  • Delaware
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Grove City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Westerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Reynoldsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilliard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Gahanna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Upper Arlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pickerington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mifflinville ...

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

Adding Mifflinville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mifflinville 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 Mifflinville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mifflinville post office opened in 1861. The Mifflinville post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mifflinville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mifflinville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/