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History · Millerton

46% of Millerton’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Millerton’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 Millerton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Millerton’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millerton’s history is told.

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The story so far

Millerton, in brief

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

Millerton is a city in Wayne County, Iowa, United States. The population was 36 at the time of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 45 to 36 (-20%).

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

By decade

Millerton, decade by decade

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On the map

Millerton on the map, 1934 to 1982

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

Millerton on the 1934 USGS mapMillerton on the 1982 USGS map1934Corydon sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Millerton, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 163

Between 36 and 163 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Millerton

Nobody well known was born in Millerton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Thomas E. MartinAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Gordon WilleyAmerican archaeologist · b. 1913
Simon EstesAmerican opera singer · b. 1938
Zales EctonAmerican politician · b. 1898
Claude PaytonAmerican actor · b. 1882
George McGillAmerican politician · b. 1879
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Millerton Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Millerton’s history

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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), 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.