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Welcome to White Mills ...

White Mills is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of White Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for White Mills: White Mls. (or less commonly used: White Mlls.)

White Mills is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for White Mills: 570 & 272<3>

The ZIP code for White Mills: 18473<4>

Communities Also Named White Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named White Mills - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near White Mills ...

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

  • Carbondale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Archbald
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jessup
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <5>
  • Honesdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jermyn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jermyn is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jermyn <5>
  • Forest City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mayfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Waymart
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hawley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Vandling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 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 White Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for White Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Mills ...

Looking for more information about White 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 White Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for White Mills.

Adding White Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White 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 (so far) for White Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the White Mills post office opened in 1850.

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 White Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the White Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as White Mills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether White Mills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/