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Welcome to Lake Mills ...The city of Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County<1>. The location of Lake Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. A typical abbreviation for Lake Mills: Lk. Mills From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lake Mills has a population of 5,986 people<3> (see below for details). Lake Mills is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Lake Mills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Websites for Lake Mills ...Official Website: www.ci.lake-mills.wi.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lake Mills had an population of 5,986 people. This is an increase of 4.87% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 23.6% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lake Mills had a population of 5,708 people (which is 6.82% of the total population of Jefferson County). This makes Lake Mills the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Lake Mills represents 0.1% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 164th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,708 people, the population of Lake Mills increased 17.86% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,843 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lake Mills. Communities Also Named Lake Mills ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lake Mills - it's located in Iowa. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Mills. Communities near Lake Mills ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake 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 Lake Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Mills. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake 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 Lake Mills. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Mills. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lake Mills. Adding Lake Mills to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lake 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 Lake Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Lake Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Mills. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lake Mills: www.ci.lake-mills.wi.us/ The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountywi.gov The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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