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History · Mill Run

12% of Mill Run’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Mill Run’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Mill Run’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mill Run’s homes were built before 1954.
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Start Mill Run’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBear Run School, 1475 Mill Run Road: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Mill Run, in brief

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

Mill Run is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in western Blair County, south of the center of Logan Township. It is bordered to the east by the city of Altoona and is often considered a neighborhood of the city, even using Altoona's numbering system (including an 11th avenue, 14th avenue, and 15th avenue). The community is in the valley of Mill Run, a stream which comes off the Allegheny Front 2 miles (3 km) to the west and flows southeast, then south, to join Beaverdam Creek west of Hollidaysburg. It is near the Horseshoe Curve. Allegheny Reservoir is …

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

By decade

Mill Run, decade by decade

Date unknown3 to date
Bear Run School, 1475 Mill Run RoadDate?Bear Run School, 1475 Mill Run RoadOhler Farmstead, 1375 Mill Run RoadDate?Ohler Farmstead, 1375 Mill Run RoadHickman Chapel Baptist Church, 1731 Mill Run RoadDate?Hickman Chapel Baptist Church, 1731 Mill Run Road
On the map

Mill Run on the map, 1963 to 1993

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

Mill Run on the 1963 USGS mapMill Run on the 1972 USGS mapMill Run on the 1981 USGS mapMill Run on the 1993 USGS map1963Altoona sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mill Run.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bear Run School, 1475 Mill Run Road
Retake this viewBear Run School, 1475 Mill Run Road

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Mill Run’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Mill Run

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

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Hedda HopperAmerican gossip columnist and actress · b. 1885
Charlie CristUnited States Representative from 2017 to 2022 · b. 1956
Michael BeheAmerican biochemist, author, and intelligent de… · b. 1952
Janet BlairActress · b. 1921
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Andrew Kevin WalkerAmerican screenwriter · b. 1964
Paul WinterAmerican saxophonist · b. 1939

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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 the Library of Congress (3) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.