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Pine Mills

Ghost town · Muscatine County, Iowa

Edgington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500)
Edgington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pine Mills is a ghost town in Muscatine County, Iowa. It is one of 3 former communities in Muscatine County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 40th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pine Mills as a historical populated place on the Montpelier topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.4695° N, 90.8710° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMontpelier
Elevation592 ft
Nearest living townMontpelier, IA
Distance to it3.1 miles
GNIS feature ID465188
Coordinates41.46947, -90.87098

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What's there now

Pine Mills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Montpelier, IA (population 228), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 592 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pine Mills?

Pine Mills is in Muscatine County, Iowa, at 41.4695, -90.8710.

How many ghost towns are in Muscatine County?

Muscatine County, Iowa has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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