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Welcome to Mill Point ...

Mill Point is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mill Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Mill Point: Mill Pt.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Mill Point had a population of 10,176 people.<2> (see below for details).

Mill Point is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Mill Point: 423 & 729<4>

Communities Also Named Mill Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Mill Point - they are located in Florida, Michigan, New York, North Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mill Point ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mill Point ...

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

Adding Mill Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mill Point 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 Mill Point was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mill Point.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mill Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Mill Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Mill Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.