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History · Miller

Miller’s post office opened in 1831, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Miller was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001.

1831first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Miller began

When was Miller founded?

1831

The Miller post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 455195 years
Founding year: the first Miller post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Miller’s past

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Miller’s history is told.

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The story so far

Miller, in brief

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

Miller is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 455 at the 2020 census. The CDP is in southeastern Lawrence County, in Rome Township. It sits on the west bank of the Ohio River and is bordered to the south by the village of Athalia. Ohio State Route 7 (Market Street) passes through the center of the community, leading north (upriver) 25 miles (40 km) to Gallipolis and southwest (downriver) 13 miles (21 km) to Chesapeake, across from Huntington, West Virginia. State Route 217 leads west from Miller 6 miles (10 km) to Scottown.

Its first post office opened in 1831.

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Miller

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

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

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Famous people close to Miller

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History across the town line

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Questions about Miller’s history

What year was Miller founded?

The Miller post office opened in 1831, 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 →