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History · Millers Falls

Millers Falls’ post office opened in 1870, and 69% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1910 on.

1870first post office
1on the National Register
69%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Millers Falls began

When was Millers Falls founded?

1870

The Millers Falls post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 994156 years
Founding year: the first Millers Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Millers Falls’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Millers Falls’ homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millers Falls’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Millers Falls came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Millers Falls.

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Located along the Mohawk Trail, Millers Falls was first established in 1824 as an agricultural community, named Grout's Corner after first settler Martin Grout (1790–1865). In the 1860s, however, the local growth of railroads stimulated development, as the New London Northern Railroad bought the Amherst & Palmer railroad in 1864 and in 1866 extended its line to a connection with the Vermont & Massachusetts at Grout's Corner. With this new railroad juncture, the abundant water power of the falls at Grout's Corner provided a perfect place to establish mills. The village's present name derives from the Millers Falls Manufacturing Company (later the Millers Falls Company), established on the Millers River in 1868, and famed for its fine hand tools.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Millers Falls, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s3 items
Main Street1910Main StreetMillers River1912Millers RiverPaper Mill and Power House1912Paper Mill and Power House
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 recent
East Main Street2009East Main StreetUntitled photo2008Untitled photo1938- Millers Falls, Massachusetts (2)20081938- Millers Falls, Massachusetts (2)
Then & now

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Main Street
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 47 historic buildings

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
47
each building in a district counts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Montague4 historic placesA+ErvingIts storyB+

Questions about Millers Falls’ history

What year was Millers Falls founded?

The Millers Falls post office opened in 1870, 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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.