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Welcome to Millville ...

Millville is located in Grant County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Millville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

Millville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Millville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Millville: (608)

Communities Also Named Millville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Millville - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona (2), Arkansas, California, Connecticut (2), Delaware, Florida, Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Millville ...

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

  • Prairie du Chien
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
    • Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
  • Lancaster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Lancaster is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
  • Boscobel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boscobel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
    • Boscobel is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
  • Fennimore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
    • Fennimore is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
  • Guttenberg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • McGregor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGregor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
    • McGregor is located in Clayton County (IA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGregor <4>
  • Wauzeka
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauzeka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
    • Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Garnavillo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Bloomington is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Marquette
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Millville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Millville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Millville ...

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

Adding Millville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Millville 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 Millville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Millville post office opened in 1852.

We also found Millville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Millville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grant County: www.grantcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Millville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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