Welcome to Mill Spring ...

Mill Spring is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mill Spring, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Mill Spring: Mill Spg. (or less commonly used: Mill Spng. or Mill Sprng.)

Mill Spring is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mill Spring: 865

Communities Also Named Mill Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Mill Spring - they are located in Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Mill Spring ...

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

• Kodak
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kodak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
  • Kodak is located in Sevier County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 184,281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kodak <4>
• Clevenger
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clevenger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
  • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
• Cook Mill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
  • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
• Morristown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Morristown is located in Hamblen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,275 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <4>
• Jefferson City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
  • Jefferson City is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
• Kings Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
  • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
• Dandridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dandridge
  • Dandridge is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,182 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dandridge <4>
• Bean Station
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Station
  • Bean Station is located in Grainger County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bean Station <4>
• Beans
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
  • Beans is located in Grainger County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
• Bright ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bright have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
  • Bright is located in Hamblen County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 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 Mill Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mill Spring.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mill Spring ...

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

Adding Mill Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mill Spring 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 for Mill Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mill Spring post office opened in 1848.

We also found Mill Spring 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 Spring.