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History · Millward Township

Millward Township’s post office opened in 1898, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Millward Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listing is the Arthyde Stone House.

1898first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Millward Township began

When was Millward Township founded?

1898

The Millward Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Millward (1898), Arthyde (1909) and Solana (1910), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 60128 years
Founding year: the first Millward Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Millward Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Arthyde Stone House
Arthyde Stone House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Bungaloid1
Arthyde Stone HouseBungaloid

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Millward
1898–1909
Arthyde
1909–1954
Solana
1910–1938
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArthydeSolana
Gone or out of use
SolanalocaleSolana Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pliny TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirch Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhite Pine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBremen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWagner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Millward Township’s history

What year was Millward Township founded?

The Millward Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Millward Township?

One place: the Arthyde Stone House (listed 1982).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.