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>.

The location of Mill City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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

The location where Mill City once stood is in the (570) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • Scranton is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,532 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scranton <5>
• Wilkes-Barre
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes-Barre
  • Wilkes-Barre is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilkes-Barre <5>
• Dunmore
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
  • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <5>
• Nanticoke
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
  • Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,278 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nanticoke <5>
• Old Forge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Forge
  • Old Forge is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Forge <5>
• Pittston
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
  • Pittston is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittston <5>
• Taylor
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
  • 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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
  • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>

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 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.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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