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Welcome to Mifflintown ...

Mifflintown is located in Juniata County<1> and is the County Seat for Juniata County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mifflintown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1798.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Mifflintown has a population of 911 people<2> (see below for details).

Mifflintown is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Mifflintown: 717 & 223<4>

The ZIP code for Mifflintown: 17059<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mifflintown had an population of 911 people. This is a decrease of 2.67% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 5.81% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Mifflintown had a population of 936 people. This makes Mifflintown the county's most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 936 people, the population of Mifflintown increased 8.71% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 861 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Mifflintown.

Communities near Mifflintown ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mifflintown. Our list includes 29 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Mifflintown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mifflintown ...

Looking for more information about Mifflintown? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Mifflintown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mifflintown.

Adding Mifflintown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mifflintown 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 Mifflintown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Mifflintown post office opened in 1798.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mifflintown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Juniata, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mifflintown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mifflintown - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Mifflintown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Mifflintown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mifflintown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mifflintown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/