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Welcome to Brick Mill ...

Brick Mill is located in Blount County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brick Mill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Brick Mill: Brick Ml. (or less commonly used: Brick Mll.)

Brick Mill is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Brick Mill and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Brick Mill: 865

Websites for Brick Mill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blountchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brick Mill, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Brick Mill ...

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

  • Maryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Farragut
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • McMullens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Alcoa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <3>
  • Lenoir City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cowan Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
  • Aldenwood Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Fairway Estates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
  • Loudon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Rocky Branch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 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 Brick Mill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brick Mill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brick Mill ...

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

Adding Brick Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brick Mill post office opened in 1858. The Brick Mill post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Blount, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brick Mill - 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/