Mills, New Mexico

Mills
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mills Location within the state of New Mexico
Coordinates: 36°05′08″N 104°15′19″W / 36.08556°N 104.25528°W / 36.08556; -104.25528Coordinates: 36°05′08″N 104°15′19″W / 36.08556°N 104.25528°W / 36.08556; -104.25528
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Harding
Elevation	6,115 ft (1,864 m)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
– Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	87730
Area code(s)	575
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	908762

Mills is an unincorporated community in Harding County, New Mexico, founded in 1888. It lies on NM 39 eleven miles north of Roy. Mills lies within the Kiowa National Grassland. The post office there opened in 1889, was closed from 1901 to 1908, and has been open since.^[1]

History

Mills was named after Melvin W. Mills, a rancher and attorney from Springer.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Julyan, Robert (1998) "Mills" Place Names of New Mexico (2nd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 229, ISBN 0-8263-1689-1
2. ^ Pearce, T. M. (1965) "Mills" New Mexico Place Names; A Geographical Dictionary University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 101, OCLC 420847