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History · Milton

Milton’s post office opened in 1819, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

8 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 6 buildings.

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How Milton began

When was Milton founded?

1819

The Milton post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 590207 years
Founding year: the first Milton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Milton’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 Milton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register8 places on the National Register.Deep rootsA post office since 1819: 207 years of Milton.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Milton’s history is told.

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On the National Register

8 historic places in Milton

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
8
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
13
each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Ginn's Furniture Store
Ginn's Furniture StoreHouse at Moffett Cemetery RoadMilton Masonic Lodge and County General StoreHouse Tm-M-27House Tm-M-28Neal HouseRowlett's GroceryThird Street Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Federal3
Greek Revival3
American Foursquare1
Vernacular1
Ginn's Furniture StoreBuilding
House at Moffett Cemetery RoadFederal
Milton Masonic Lodge and County General StoreBuilding
House Tm-M-27Federal
House Tm-M-28Federal
Neal HouseAmerican Foursquare
All 8 listings
Rowlett's GroceryBuilding · listed 1983Third Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1984

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Milton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Milton.

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Milton was settled in 1785 and founded in 1789, at which time it was still part of Virginia. A ferry with Madison, Indiana, on the opposite side of the Ohio began service in 1804. A bridge connecting them was constructed in 1929.

One of Milton's earliest newspapers, the Milton Free Press, was established in 1879 by Lewis P. Sarlls.

The city has endured many floods and most of its riverside downtown has been repeatedly destroyed, leaving little historic architecture. Some exceptions are Ginn's Furniture Store, Rowlett's Grocery, and County General Store, all of which are located on Main Street.

Areas just south of Milton were hit by an intense EF3 tornado on March 2, 2012. The Milton Fire and Rescue firehouse #2 was destroyed.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Milton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Milton Masonic Lodge and County General Store2013Milton Masonic Lodge and County General StoreHouse Tm-M-282013House Tm-M-28House Tm-M-272013House Tm-M-27Wood-Oakley Funeral Home in2012Wood-Oakley Funeral Home inGinn's Furniture Store in2012Ginn's Furniture Store inKYMap-doton-Milton2004KYMap-doton-Milton

Questions about Milton’s history

What year was Milton founded?

The Milton post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Milton?

8 listings: 7 buildings, among them the Ginn's Furniture Store (listed 1983, the first), and 1 historic district, the Third Street Historic District, with 6 contributing buildings. 13 historic buildings in all.

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (8), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.