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History · Milltown

Milltown’s post office opened in 1871

Most of Milltown was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973.

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How Milltown began

When was Milltown founded?

1871

The Milltown post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 948155 years
Founding year: the first Milltown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Milltown’s past

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The story so far

Milltown, in brief

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

Milltown is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 948 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Milltown.

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 917 to 948 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Milltown, 1871 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Milltown post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Milltown post office closes
  4. 1899Post officeThe Milltown post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912Born hereHoward I. Nelson is born here
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Milltown, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Milltown had its own post office from 1871 to 1874.

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

Questions about Milltown’s history

What year was Milltown founded?

The Milltown post office opened in 1871, 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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.