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History · Miller Township

13% of Miller Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Miller Township’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 Miller Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19194 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1972. Watch Miller Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Miller Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Miller Township on the map, 1919 to 1972

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

Miller Township on the 1919 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1935 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1963 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1972 USGS map1919Menno 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 Miller Township.

The story

How Miller Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Miller Township.

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Following the American Revolution, Matthew Miller and his wife, Molly "Mary" Dunn, emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland to Juniata County. A few years later, they moved and settled on a beautiful piece of ground in what is now Miller Township. They occupied a large tract of land on Warrior's Ridge, most of which has remained in the possession of the family ever since. Matthew Miller became very aged, dying in 1827, it is believed, at the age of one hundred and five years. Mrs. Miller was ninety-five years old at the time of her death. Of their family of six children the only daughter, Margaret, born in Ireland, married Robert Stewart, and lived on an adjoining farm in Miller. The sons, James, David, Thomas, Samuel, and John, all became old men. At the time of formation, Miller Township's population was estimated to be between four and five hundred citizens. Today, the population is …

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Timeline

Miller Township, 1872 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Cornpropsts Mills post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Cornpropsts Mills post office closes
  5. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Miller Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Wesley Chapel UM Church, Miller Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 20242024Wesley Chapel UM Church, Miller Twp., Huntingdon Co.,…PA 26 nb in Miller Twp. (2), Aug. 20242024PA 26 nb in Miller Twp. (2), Aug. 2024PA 26 nb in Miller Twp. (1), Aug. 20242024PA 26 nb in Miller Twp. (1), Aug. 2024PA 26 nb in Jackson Corner, Aug. 20242024PA 26 nb in Jackson Corner, Aug. 2024PA 26 nb entering Jackson Corner, Aug. 20242024PA 26 nb entering Jackson Corner, Aug. 2024Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting2008Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania HighlightingMap
People over time

Miller Township, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 514

Between 457 and 514 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Miller Township

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

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Christina CrosbyAmerican scholar and writer · b. 1953
David McMurtrie GreggUnion Army general · b. 1833
Joseph SaxtonAmerican inventor · b. 1799
Horace PorterUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient and… · b. 1837
Thomas Conrad PorterAmerican botanist · b. 1822
William A. WallaceAmerican politician · b. 1827
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Cornpropsts Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Jackson Corner
Gone or out of use
Ridge Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Miller Township
Cornpropst Mills BaptistCoy

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Menno TownshipIts storyC+Brady TownshipIts storyB−Barree Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenderson Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOneida TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.