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Welcome to McMillan ...

McMillan is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McMillan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

McMillan is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from McMillan (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for McMillan: 865

Communities Also Named McMillan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named McMillan - they are located in Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near McMillan ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kodak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cook Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Sevierville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyers Ferry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Spring Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Alcoa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Clinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 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 McMillan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McMillan.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McMillan ...

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

Adding McMillan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McMillan 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 McMillan was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McMillan.

Footnotes ...

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