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Welcome to Elk Mills ...

Elk Mills is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

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

Elk Mills is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Elk Mills: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Elk Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Elk Mills - they are located in Maryland, Missouri and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Elk Mills ...

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

  • Newark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Aberdeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Aberdeen is located in Harford County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <4>
  • Elkton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Havre de Grace
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coatesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Kennett Square
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elsmere
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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    • Elsmere is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
  • Oxford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Chester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • New Castle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Perryville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Mills ...

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

Adding Elk Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Elk Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Elk Mills post office opened in 1869.

We also found Elk Mills in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elk 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 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Elk Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Elk 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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