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Welcome to McGees Mills ...

McGees Mills is located in Clearfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McGees Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

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

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

McGees Mills is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McGees Mills: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near McGees Mills ...

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

  • DuBois
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • DuBois is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DuBois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DuBois <4>
  • Clearfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Punxsutawney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Northern Cambria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
  • Reynoldsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnesboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
  • Curwensville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Spangler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Spangler is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
  • Patton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Clymer
    (19 miles [30.6 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 McGees Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McGees Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McGees Mills ...

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

Adding McGees Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McGees Mills post office opened in 1884. The McGees Mills post office closed in 1983.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Clearfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McGees 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the McGees Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the McGees 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/