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History · Millington

Millington’s post office opened in 1827, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1860.

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How Millington began

When was Millington founded?

1827

The Millington post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Bridgetown (1802) and Head Of Chester (1811), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 306 in 18602020 census: 549199 years
Founding year: the first Millington post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Millington’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 Millington are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19005 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1993. Watch Millington change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Millington.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Millington.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millington’s history is told.

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On the map

Millington on the map, 1900 to 1993

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

Millington on the 1900 USGS mapMillington on the 1944 USGS mapMillington on the 1953 USGS mapMillington on the 1973 USGS mapMillington on the 1993 USGS map1900Cecilton 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 Millington.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Millington’s post office has been open since 1827. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bridgetown
1802–1805
Head Of Chester
1811–1827
Millington
1827–today
18001910today
Gone or out of use
Higman Milllocale
1cemetery inside Millington
Wesley

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

The story

How Millington came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Millington.

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The John Embert Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Millington, 1802 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1802Post officeThe Bridgetown post office opens
  3. 1805Post officeThe Bridgetown post office closes
  4. 1811Post officeThe Head Of Chester post office opens
  5. 1827Post officeThe Head Of Chester post office closes
  6. 1827Post officeThe Millington post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Millington, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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Every building

Millington, building by building, 1911

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Millington fire insurance map, 1911, sheet 11911Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Millington, census by census

0100200300400500600700190019502000Peak: 642

Between 306 and 642 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Questions about Millington’s history

What year was Millington founded?

The Millington post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.