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Welcome to Milburn ...

Milburn is located in Sanpete County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Milburn is 6,360 feet [1,939 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Milburn is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Milburn lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Milburn: 435

Communities Also Named Milburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Milburn - they are located in Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Ontario, Prince Edward Island (2), Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Milburn ...

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

  • Mount Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
    • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
    • Fort Hambleton
    • Hambleton
    • Hambletowns Settlement
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <3>
  • Moroni
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fountain Green
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Wales
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Birdseye
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Birdseye is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
    • Former names for Birdseye:
    • Clinton
    • Summit Basin
  • Scofield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Scofield is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Beaver Dams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
    • Beaver Dams has also been known as:
    • Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
  • Connellsville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Connellsville is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milburn ...

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

Adding Milburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Milburn post office opened in 1895. The Milburn post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Milburn.

Footnotes ...

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