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Welcome to McDonalds Mill ...

McDonalds Mill is located in Montgomery County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for McDonalds Mill: McDonalds Ml. (or less commonly used: McDonalds Mll.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for McDonalds Mill for more information about variations on the name of McDonalds Mill.

McDonalds Mill is 1,720 feet [524 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McDonalds Mill: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named McDonalds Mill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McDonalds Mill - it's located in Georgia.

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

Websites for McDonalds Mill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to McDonalds Mill, the following might be of interest:

Communities near McDonalds Mill ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Blacksburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Salem City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Christiansburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • New Castle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bennetts Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bennetts Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
    • Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
  • Elliston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Huffman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Huffman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
    • Huffman is located in Craig County
  • Mount Tabor Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Tabor Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
    • Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Simmonsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
    • Simmonsville is located in Craig County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McDonalds Mill ...

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

Adding McDonalds Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found McDonalds Mill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McDonalds Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montva.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McDonalds Mill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the McDonalds Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the McDonalds Mill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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