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History · Millersburg Township

Millersburg Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1935 on.

1838first post office
0on the National Register
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How Millersburg Township began

When was Millersburg Township founded?

1838

The Millersburg Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Millersburg (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 639188 years
Founding year: the first Millersburg Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Millersburg Township’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 Millersburg Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Millersburg Township’s homes were built before 1954.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Millersburg Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millersburg Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Millersburg Township, in brief

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

Millersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Millersburg Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 54. Millersburg is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Aledo.

Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 755 to 639 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Millersburg Township, 1838 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Millersburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1931Post officeThe Millersburg post office closes
  5. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Millersburg Township on the map, 1935 to 1992

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

Millersburg Township on the 1935 USGS mapMillersburg Township on the 1941 USGS mapMillersburg Township on the 1953 USGS mapMillersburg Township on the 1975 USGS mapMillersburg Township on the 1992 USGS map1935Keithsburg 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 Millersburg Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Millersburg Township

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

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Suzy BoggussAmerican musician · b. 1956
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Doris LeeAmerican painter, printmaker and muralist · b. 1905
Judson Churchill WelliverAmerican speechwriter · b. 1870
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Charles S. WhartonU.S. Representative · b. 1875
H. L. CarnahanAmerican politician (1879–1941); Lieutenant Gov… · b. 1879
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Paul G. BakerUnited States Navy Navy Cross recipient · b. 1910
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Millersburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Millersburg
Gone or out of use
Adams SchoolschoolAledo School Number 1schoolDowney BridgebridgeDuff SchoolschoolLee SchoolschoolMarsh Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Millersburg Township
BrickGriffithPeniel

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New Boston Township5 historic placesAAbington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMercer Township4 historic placesADuncan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Millersburg Township’s history

What year was Millersburg Township founded?

The Millersburg Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.