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History · Millington

18% of Millington’s homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1891 on, and old-book passages.

3on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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What stands out about Millington’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18916 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1981. Watch Millington change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millington’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Millington on the map, 1891 to 1981

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

Millington on the 1891 USGS mapMillington on the 1905 USGS mapMillington on the 1947 USGS mapMillington on the 1954 USGS mapMillington on the 1970 USGS mapMillington on the 1981 USGS map1891Somerville 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 Millington.

The story

How Millington came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Millington.

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Clover Hill Swimming Club was located in Millington. The club lost a 1966 civil rights case, Clover Hill Swimming Club v. Robert F. Goldsboro. The club was sued by an African American veterinarian who said he was denied membership because of his race. The club claimed that because it was private, the Law of Discrimination did not apply and therefore it could pick its own membership. After the Clover Hill Swimming Club appealed the first decision, the Supreme Court of New Jersey again sided with the plaintiff.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Millington in 1899

Passages that mention Millington, cut from the printed page as they were published.

His son, Abram D. Runyon, is a wide-awake young man of the county, who was educated in the Millington Academy and is now the general manager of the manufacturing plant owned by Fred Nishwitz, of Millington. He has served in that position since 1892, discharging his duties in a prompt
Biographical and genealogical history of Morris county, New Jersey1899 · page 133Read the page →
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His son, Abram D. Runyon, is a wide-awake young man of the county, who was educated in the Millington Academy and is now the general manager of the manufacturing plant owned by Fred Nishwitz, of Millington. He has served in that position since 1892, discharging his duties in a prompt

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Millington, 1891 to 1997

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922In the archiveMillingtonHighBridgeDL&WPassaicRiver
  5. 1997Born hereBill Murray is born here
By decade

Millington, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
MillingtonHighBridgeDL&WPassaicRiver1922MillingtonHighBridgeDL&WPassaicRiver
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Millington Trestle 20111006-jag98892011Millington Trestle 20111006-jag9889Millington New Jersey 19082011Millington New Jersey 1908Blueberries growing in New Jersey2011Blueberries growing in New JerseyMILLINGTON SCHOOLHOUSE, MORRIS COUNTY2007MILLINGTON SCHOOLHOUSE, MORRIS COUNTYMILLINGTON SCHOOLHOUSE, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ2007MILLINGTON SCHOOLHOUSE, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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MillingtonHighBridgeDL&WPassaicRiver
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On the National Register

3 historic places in Millington

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Long Hill Township3 historic placesBBernards Township11 historic placesA−Lyons2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStirlingIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.