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History · Mildred

Mildred’s post office opened in 1907, and 68% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on and the census since 1920.

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How Mildred began

When was Mildred founded?

1907

The Mildred post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 336 in 19202020 census: 25119 years
Founding year: the first Mildred post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Mildred’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 Mildred are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18855 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1990. Watch Mildred change.Old housesHalf of Mildred’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mildred’s history is told.

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On the map

Mildred on the map, 1885 to 1990

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

Mildred on the 1885 USGS mapMildred on the 1894 USGS mapMildred on the 1966 USGS mapMildred on the 1983 USGS mapMildred on the 1990 USGS map1885Garnett sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Mildred came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mildred.

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Mildred was founded in 1907 by Sam Dermott for the Great Western Cement Company. The community was named for the daughter of J. W. Wagner a local industrialist, and the president of the cement company. Cement was shipped all over the world, and cement from the plant was used to construct the Liberty Memorial and World War I museum in Kansas City, Missouri. At its peak the cement plant employed 375, but the community lost most of its population when the plant closed.

The community was previously served by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, which maintained a passenger depot in the community, as well as spur lines that served the cement plant and the grain elevator.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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People over time

Mildred, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 341

Between 25 and 341 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Mildred

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

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Randy StuartAmerican actress · b. 1924
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Dean BrooksAmerican physician and actor · b. 1916
Charles Frederick ScottAmerican congressman · b. 1860
Ad BrennanAmerican baseball player · b. 1887
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Debra Dene BarnesMiss America · b. 1947
Don DennisAmerican baseball player · b. 1942

Questions about Mildred’s history

What year was Mildred founded?

The Mildred post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.