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Welcome to Pine Grove Mills ...

Pine Grove Mills is located in Centre County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Grove Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1809.

A typical abbreviation for Pine Grove Mills: Pine Grv. Mills

Pine Grove Mills is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Pine Grove Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pine Grove Mills - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove Mills.

Communities near Pine Grove Mills ...

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

  • State College
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lewistown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Huntingdon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bellefonte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Tyrone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyrone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
    • Tyrone is located in Blair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyrone <3>
  • Burnham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
    • Burnham is located in Mifflin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnham <3>
  • Centre Hall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Milesburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Port Matilda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Juniata Terrace
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniata Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
    • Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Grove Mills ...

Looking for more information about Pine Grove 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pine Grove Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pine Grove Mills.

Adding Pine Grove Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pine Grove Mills post office opened in 1809.

We also found Pine Grove Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pine Grove Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Centre, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Grove Mills - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/