The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mill Spring was laid out in 1871. The community took its name from a nearby spring of the same name which once powered lumber mills. A post office called Mill Spring has been in operation since 1874.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Mill Spring is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mill Spring has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Benton in Greenville, 10.7 miles away.
Mill Spring and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Fort Benton’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mill Spring?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mill Spring’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.