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History · Millingport

Millingport’s post office opened in 1893

Most of Millingport was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1957 on.

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How Millingport began

When was Millingport founded?

1893

The Millingport post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 588133 years
Founding year: the first Millingport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Millingport’s past

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

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The story so far

Millingport, in brief

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

Millingport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millingport had a population of 588. North Carolina Highway 73 passes through the community.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 599 in 2010, 588 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Millingport, 1893 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Millingport post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Millingport post office closes
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Millingport on the map, 1957 to 2002

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

Millingport on the 1957 USGS mapMillingport on the 1981 USGS mapMillingport on the 1993 USGS mapMillingport on the 2002 USGS map1957Mount Pleasant 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 Millingport.

Famous people

Famous people close to Millingport

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

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George ClintonAmerican funk musician, singer, songwriter and … · b. 1941
Elizabeth DoleAmerican politician · b. 1936
Zion WilliamsonAmerican basketball player · b. 2000
Dale EarnhardtAmerican racing driver · b. 1951
Kellie PicklerAmerican country singer · b. 1986
Lou DonaldsonAmerican saxophonist · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Millingport had its own post office from 1893 to 1909.

Millingport
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18901960today

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

Questions about Millingport’s history

What year was Millingport founded?

The Millingport post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.