Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1880.
Millville dates its founding to 1815 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1880.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Millville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Millville.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereCharles B. Landis is born here
Born hereKenesaw Mountain Landis is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Millville.
The village was established in 1815 by Joseph Van Horn, who opened a grist mill there about 1805.
Approximately 5.5 miles to the north is the historic Presbyterian cemetery that includes graves of early pioneers including some who served in the revolutionary war. There are many graves of families with the name Ross, the name of nearby town Ross, Ohio.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Millville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
story structure of two rooms, thirty by forty- Millville was founded by Joseph an five feet. The third building, just described, Horn in 1815, who erected a grist mill here was in use until 1875, when the Union some ten years earlier; hence the origin o school house was built. This building was the name “Millville,” given the village, n erected by the joint action of the two subdian creek divides the village, the two Par^ districts, and is located just north of town, being connected by a covered bridge w ic It was made an independent high school was erected in 1849. The western s^e’ SltU, with Samuel McClelland, a graduate of ated on a hill which slopes gradually towar
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class of 1891, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He initiated the practice of his profession by locating in the village of Millville, five miles west of Hamilton, where he remained two years, at the expiration of which he located in Hamilton, in order that he might have a broader field for his professional endeavors, and here he
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.
Between 250 and 817 people in every census since 1880.
11 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Millville’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Millville had its own post office from 1817 to 1907.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1815, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Millville’s post office opened in 1817, and the census of 1880 counted 250 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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