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Welcome to Milo ...

Milo is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

Milo is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Milo lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Milo: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Milo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Milo - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Milo ...

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

  • Myrtle Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Canyonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Riddle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Riddle is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
    • Former names for Riddle:
    • Riddles
    • Riddlesburg
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riddle <4>
  • Tiller
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Days Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tri City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Tri City is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
  • Azalea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dillard
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden is located in Josephine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Green
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milo ...

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

Adding Milo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Milo post office opened in 1923. The Milo post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Milo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Milo - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Milo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Milo 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/