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History · Millport

Millport’s post office opened in 1878, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1890.

1878first post office
0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Millport began

When was Millport founded?

1878

The Millport post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 244 in 18902020 census: 1,010148 years
Founding year: the first Millport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Millport’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Millport are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millport’s history is told.

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The story so far

Millport, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Millport yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Millport is a town in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1887. As of the 2020 census, Millport had a population of 1,010. After its incorporation from 1890 to 1900, it was the largest town in Lamar County, losing the distinction to Sulligent. Since 1940, it has been the 3rd largest town.

Its first post office opened in 1878. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,049 to 1,010 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Millport, 1878 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Millport post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1934Born hereBill Atkins is born here
  5. 1947Born hereMae Beavers is born here
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Millport, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Steel Dust Recycling2019Steel Dust RecyclingALMap-doton-Millport2004ALMap-doton-Millport
On the map

Millport on the map, 1967 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Millport. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Millport on the 1967 USGS mapMillport on the 1985 USGS map1967Millport sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Millport.

People over time

Millport, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,287

Between 244 and 1,287 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Millport’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Millport

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Bill AtkinsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1934
Mae BeaversAmerican politician · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Millport’s post office has been open since 1878.

Gone or out of use
Millport High Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Millport
Holly GroveOddfellowsPayne Chapel

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Millport’s history

What year was Millport founded?

The Millport post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.