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Welcome to Mifflinville ...

Mifflinville is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mifflinville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

Mifflinville is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mifflinville: 570 & 272<3>

The ZIP code for Mifflinville: 18631<4>

Communities Also Named Mifflinville ...

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

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.

  • Hazleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bloomsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nanticoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Berwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Shenandoah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • West Hazleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Mahanoy City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Frackville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Mifflinville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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.<6>

From that list, the Mifflinville post office opened in 1827.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mifflinville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, 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>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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Mifflinville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Mifflinville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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 Mifflinville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mifflinville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/