The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMilford is a village in Milford Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2020 census. The village's name comes from its location, where the Old Hubbard Trail forded Sugar Creek and where a gristmill stood in 1836 ("the mill at the ford").
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,306 to 1,158 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Milford yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Milford’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Milford’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Milford, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Milford is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Milford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glenwood School in Ash Grove, 8.9 miles away.
Milford and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.