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How Millhousen came to be

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Millhousen was platted in 1858, having been settled by a colony of German Catholics. It was named for a town of the same name in Germany.

Millhousen is perhaps best known for being the home of the Immaculate Conception Church, one of only four Roman Catholic churches in Decatur County.

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