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History · Millston

Millston’s post office opened in 1874, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Millston Union Church.

1874first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Millston began

When was Millston founded?

1874

The Millston post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 168152 years
Founding year: the first Millston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Millston

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2022
Millston Union Church
Millston Union Church
Buildings
All 1 listings
Millston Union ChurchBuilding · listed 2022

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Millston’s post office has been open since 1874.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Speck Oaks
1cemetery inside Millston
Brookside

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.

BrockwayIts storyC−ManchesterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnappIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrantIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKomensky1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Millston’s history

What year was Millston founded?

The Millston post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Millston?

One place: the Millston Union Church (listed 2022).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.