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Welcome to Milan ...

Milan is located in Spokane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Milan is 1,770 feet [539 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Milan lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Milan: 509

Communities Also Named Milan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Milan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Milan ...

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

  • Deer Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Newport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <3>
  • Millwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
    • Millwood is located in Spokane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
  • Elk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chattaroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Camden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Buckeye
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buckeye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
  • Colbert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clavton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milan ...

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

Adding Milan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Milan 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 Milan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Milan post office opened in 1892.

We also found Milan on a map titled Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Milan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Spokane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Milan - 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>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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/