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Welcome to Milford Mills ...

Milford Mills is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milford Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869. The community was inundated by Marsh Creek Reservoir.

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

Milford Mills is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Milford Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milford Mills ...

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

Adding Milford Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Milford 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 for Milford Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Milford Mills post office opened in 1869.

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

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Milford Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Milford 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 Milford Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Milford 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/




 

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