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Welcome to Millville ...

Millville is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Millville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Millville is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Millville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Millville: 931

Communities Also Named Millville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Millville - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona (2), Arkansas, California, Connecticut (2), Delaware, Florida, Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Millville ...

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

  • Powell Chapel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Pulaski
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Fayetteville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Park City Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Wales
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
  • Ardmore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ardmore is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,513 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardmore <3>
  • Olivet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
  • Cornersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ardmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gordon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Gordon is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 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 Millville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Millville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Millville ...

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

Adding Millville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Millville post office opened in 1830. The Millville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Millville.

Footnotes ...

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