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History · Millersburg

Millersburg’s post office opened in 1898, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1910.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Millersburg began

When was Millersburg founded?

1898

The Millersburg post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 519 in 19102020 census: 169128 years
Founding year: the first Millersburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Millersburg’s past

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millersburg’s history is told.

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The story so far

Millersburg, in brief

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

Millersburg is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 169 at the 2020 census. The village is within Case Township.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 206 to 169 (-18%).

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

By decade

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On the map

Millersburg on the map, 1957 to 1986

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

Millersburg on the 1957 USGS mapMillersburg on the 1986 USGS map1957Onaway 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 Millersburg.

People over time

Millersburg, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 519

Between 169 and 519 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Millersburg

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

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Questions about Millersburg’s history

What year was Millersburg founded?

The Millersburg post office opened in 1898, 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 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.