A history of Millerton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Millerton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community of Millerton formed after 1851, and the village was incorporated in 1875.
The Millerton Iron Company established itself nearby in an area known as Irondale and was served by a telegraph address in Millerton. The foundry had two Cooper hot blast stoves and produced car-wheel pig iron (cast iron for railcar wheels) with a 12,000 ton capacity in 1890. The plant was established in 1854 and by 1882 employed approximately 150 people. Irondale was served by a general store, a company owned grist mill, and a post office. A historical marker commemorates the Irondale Cemetery (List of New York State Historic Markers in Dutchess County, New York).
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Millerton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIrondale (Village); Millerton (Vi…, 1876: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Millerton
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Millerton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Millerton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Millerton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Main Street Historic District in North East, 0.2 miles away.
Millerton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Irondale (Village); Millerton (Village); North East (Township) (1876) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.