Milroy’s post office opened in 1902, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Milroy State Bank Building.
How Milroy began, and where its name came from
When was Milroy founded?
The Milroy post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Milroy get its name?
It is named after Robert H. Milroy, a Union Army general in the American Civil War.
1 historic place in Milroy
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone
Milroy’s post office has been open since 1902.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Milroy’s history
What year was Milroy founded?
The Milroy post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Milroy?
One place: the Milroy State Bank Building (listed 1980).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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.