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History · Mill Village

Mill Village’s post office opened in 1870, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1880.

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Photo: Adam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Mill Village began

When was Mill Village founded?

1870

The Mill Village post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 388 in 18802020 census: 388156 years
Founding year: the first Mill Village post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mill Village’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mill Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mill Village’s homes were built before 1958.
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The story so far

Mill Village, in brief

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

Mill Village is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 census, down from 412 during the 2010 census. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 412 to 388 (-6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mill Village, 1884–1896

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

Great tracts of this timber once covered the hills. The bridges over French Creek are the Stranahan, on the Waterford & Union road; the Philadelpha & Erie Railroad bridge, near the latter; the Quarry bridge at the stone quarry; the Ford bridge, on the Waterford and Mill Village road, and Pollock's,…
History of Erie county, Pennsylvania1884 · page 699Read the page →
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Great tracts of this timber once covered the hills. The bridges over French Creek are the Stranahan, on the Waterford & Union road; the Philadelpha & Erie Railroad bridge, near the latter; the Quarry bridge at the stone quarry; the Ford bridge, on the Waterford and Mill Village road, and Pollock's, leading from the turnpike to Mill Village. The Town Line bridge crosses Little Frrach Creek at the Union boundary, and the Moore bridge, Le Boeuf Creek, near the residence of the late C. J. Moore. All of these are substantial wooden structures.

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to Pollock's bridge, where it cuts across the hills to Cambridge; the Erie & Warren road, which passes through the township by two routes that unite near the Stranahan bridge; the Flats road, from Mill Village to Waterford; the road from Mill Village to Union; and the road from Mill Village to Poll…
History of Erie county, Pennsylvania1884 · page 701Read the page →
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to Pollock's bridge, where it cuts across the hills to Cambridge; the Erie & Warren road, which passes through the township by two routes that unite near the Stranahan bridge; the Flats road, from Mill Village to Waterford; the road from Mill Village to Union; and the road from Mill Village to Pollock's bridge, connecting with the turnpike. Most of these are in a fair condition.

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became interested in oil drilling until 1880, when his left leg was injured in the Bradford fields, and amputation became necessary. In 1886 he began as an operator at the Mill Village railroad station, and, in 1890, was promoted to railroad agent for the New York, Lake Erie and Western R. R. Mr. P…
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Erie County, Pennsylvania1896 · page 805Read the page →
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became interested in oil drilling until 1880, when his left leg was injured in the Bradford fields, and amputation became necessary. In 1886 he began as an operator at the Mill Village railroad station, and, in 1890, was promoted to railroad agent for the New York, Lake Erie and Western R. R. Mr. Porter is the son ot Lucuis and Mariam (Clark) Porter, of LeBreuf township. Lucuis Porter, an old resident of that lo-

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

By decade

Mill Village, decade by decade

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On the map

Mill Village on the map, 1929 to 1975

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

Mill Village on the 1929 USGS mapMill Village on the 1932 USGS mapMill Village on the 1967 USGS mapMill Village on the 1975 USGS map1929Union City 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 Mill Village.

People over time

Mill Village, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 429

Between 233 and 429 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mill Village’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mill Village

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

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Andrew Ryan McGillAmerican politician · b. 1840
Jonas WendellAmerican Christian evangelist · b. 1815
Strong VincentUnion Army general · b. 1837
Daisy BaconAmerican editor · b. 1898
William Constantine CulbertsonAmerican politician · b. 1825
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Lynn St. JohnAmerican football, basketball, and baseball coa… · b. 1876

Questions about Mill Village’s history

What year was Mill Village founded?

The Mill Village post office opened in 1870, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.