Mills | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Location within the state of New Mexico | |
Coordinates: 36°05′08″N 104°15′19″W / 36.08556°N 104.25528°WCoordinates: 36°05′08″N 104°15′19″W / 36.08556°N 104.25528°W | |
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 |
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.
Mills was named after Melvin W. Mills, a rancher and attorney from Springer.