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Welcome to Peola Mills ...

Peola Mills is primarily located in Madison County<1>. A portion of Peola Mills extends into Rappahannock County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peola Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Peola Mills: Peola Mls. (or less commonly used: Peola Mlls.)

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

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

Area Codes for Peola Mills: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Peola Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peola Mills ...

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

Adding Peola Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Peola 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 (so far) for Peola Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Peola Mills post office opened in 1848. The Peola Mills post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peola Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peola 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 Peola Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Peola Mills 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>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/