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History · Miller

Miller’s post office opened in 1891, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1900.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Miller began

When was Miller founded?

1891

The Miller post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 148 in 19002020 census: 704135 years
Founding year: the first Miller post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Miller’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 Miller are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Miller’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Miller’s history is told.

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The story

How Miller came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Miller.

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A post office called Miller has been in operation since 1891. The community has the name of T. A. Miller, a railroad contractor.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Miller on the map, 1921 to 1971

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

Miller on the 1921 USGS mapMiller on the 1971 USGS map1921Stotts City 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 Miller.

People over time

Miller, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 795

Between 148 and 795 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Questions about Miller’s history

What year was Miller founded?

The Miller post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.