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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)
  • Clevenger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Cook Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Morristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kings Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
  • Dandridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bean Station
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Beans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • Bright ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bright is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
    • 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 (so far) for Mill Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mill Spring post office opened in 1848. The Mill Spring post office closed in 1901.

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

Footnotes ...

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