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Welcome to Yancey Mills ...

Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yancey Mills, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

Yancey Mills is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Yancey Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yancey 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 Yancey Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yancey Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yancey Mills ...

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

Adding Yancey Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yancey 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 Yancey Mills was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Yancey Mills on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

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

Footnotes ...

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