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Welcome to Poe Mills ...

Poe Mills is located in Centre County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poe Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Poe Mills is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Poe Mills ...

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

  • Lewistown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellefonte
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Burnham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill Hall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Middleburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Centre Hall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Beavertown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • McClure
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mifflintown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Millheim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poe Mills ...

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

Adding Poe Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Poe Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Poe Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Poe Mills post office opened in 1882. The Poe Mills post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poe 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 Poe 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>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/