The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMillstone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millstone had a population of 92. Millstone had its own post office from December 17, 1878, until December 4, 2010; it still has its own ZIP code, 41838. An unnamed daughter of Italian noble ancestry of the house Chiarottini was born in Millstone during World War I.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 117 to 92 (-21%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Millstone 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millstone’s history is told.
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Millstone, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Millstone is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Millstone has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Whitesburg Historic District in Whitesburg, 5.2 miles away.
Millstone and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.