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Welcome to Mill City ...

So far, we found very little information about Mill City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mill City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mill City, please Contact Us.

Mill City would have been located within present day Wyoming County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mill City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mill City is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Mill City was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Mill City was located: 570 & 272<4>

Communities Also Named Mill City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Mill City - they are located in California, Connecticut, Nevada (2), Oregon and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mill City.

Communities near Mill City ...

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

  • Scranton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <5>
  • Kingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nanticoke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Old Forge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pittston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <5>
  • Moosic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <5>
  • Plymouth
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Mill City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mill City.

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

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

Adding Mill City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mill City post office opened in 1865. The Mill City post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mill City.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mill City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wyoming, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mill City - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Mill City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Mill City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/