Welcome to McMillan ...
McMillan is located in Marathon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of McMillan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.
McMillan is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: McMillan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for McMillan: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named McMillan ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named McMillan - they are located in Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McMillan.
Communities near McMillan ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McMillan.
- Marshfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Abbotsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stratford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Edgar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Loyal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Dorchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Hewitt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
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 McMillan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McMillan.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McMillan. 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 McMillan.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McMillan. See our Newspapers Page for McMillan.
Adding McMillan to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of McMillan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for McMillan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the McMillan post office opened in 1881. The McMillan post office closed in 1919.
For more details, see References and Mentions for McMillan.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marathon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around McMillan - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the McMillan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the McMillan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |