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Welcome to Milford ...So far, we found very little information about Milford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Milford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Milford, please Contact Us. Milford would have been located within present day Rapides Parish<2>. The location of Milford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Milford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. While the community is gone, the present day location for Milford is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Milford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Milford would have been located in the (318) area code. Communities Also Named Milford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Milford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Milford. Communities near Milford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Milford.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Milford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Milford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Milford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Milford. See our Newspapers Page for Milford. Adding Milford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Milford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Milford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Milford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Milford. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/ The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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