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Welcome to Mixtown ...

Mixtown is located in Tioga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mixtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Mixtown is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Mixtown ...

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

  • Wellsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Galeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Westfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Bergen ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Bergen is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bergen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
  • Knoxville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ulysses
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gurnee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gurnee is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
  • Potter Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Potter Brook is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Brook
  • Elmer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Elmer is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mixtown ...

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

Adding Mixtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mixtown 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 Mixtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mixtown post office opened in 1851. The Mixtown post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mixtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Tioga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mixtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/