Welcome to Meadow Mills ...
Meadow Mills is located in Frederick County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadow Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.
A typical abbreviation for Meadow Mills: Meadow Mls. (or less commonly used: Meadow Mlls.)
Meadow Mills is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Meadow Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Meadow Mills: 540 & 826<3>
Communities near Meadow Mills ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Meadow Mills.
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Front Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stephens City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens City
- Stephens City is located in Frederick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephens City <5>
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toms Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Meadow Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Meadow Mills.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Meadow Mills. 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 Meadow Mills.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadow Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Meadow Mills.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadow Mills ...
Looking for more information about Meadow Mills? 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 Meadow Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Meadow Mills.
Adding Meadow Mills to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Meadow Mills 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 Meadow Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Meadow Mills post office opened in 1872.
We also found Meadow Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Meadow Mills.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadow Mills - 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 Meadow Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Meadow Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |