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History · Millstone

Millstone’s post office opened in 1890, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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How Millstone began

When was Millstone founded?

1890

The Millstone post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Craftsville (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 92136 years
Founding year: the first Millstone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Millstone’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 Millstone 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 Millstone’s history is told.

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The story so far

Millstone, in brief

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

Millstone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millstone had a population of 92. Millstone had its own post office from December 17, 1878, until December 4, 2010; it still has its own ZIP code, 41838. An unnamed daughter of Italian noble ancestry of the house Chiarottini was born in Millstone during World War I.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 117 to 92 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Millstone, 1878 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Craftsville post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Millstone post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1932Post officeThe Craftsville post office closes
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Millstone on the map, 1954 to 1992

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

Millstone on the 1954 USGS mapMillstone on the 1992 USGS map1954Mayking 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 Millstone.

Famous people

Famous people close to Millstone

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

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George C. ScottAmerican actor, film director and producer · b. 1927
Peggie CastleAmerican actress who specialized in playing the… · b. 1927
Juanita M. KrepsUnited States Secretary of Commerce · b. 1921
Louise SlaughterAmerican politician · b. 1929
Bernie BickerstaffAmerican basketball coach and executive · b. 1944
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Gary StewartAmerican singer · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Millstone’s post office has been open since 1890. Another post office, Craftsville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Craftsville
1878–1932
Millstone
1890–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Millstone Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Millstone’s history

What year was Millstone founded?

The Millstone post office opened in 1890, 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 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.