208 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Milan; town in Dutchess County, New York, and sixteen other towns and villages. 
The name is transferred from Milan in Italy. 
Milburn; town in Ballard County, Kentucky, named for William Milburn. 
Miles; city in Jackson County, Iowa, named for the man who laid it out. 
Milesburg; borough in Center County, Pennsylvania, named for its founder, Col. 
Samuel Miles. 
Miles City; city in Custer County, Montana, named for Gen. Nelson A. Miles. 
Milestown; station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named for Col. Samuel Miles, 
a Revolutionary celebrity. 
Milford; towns in New Haven County, Connecticut, and Hillsboro County, New 
Hampshire, named from the town in England. 
Milford; town in Kent County, Delaware, so named because of the numerous mills 
in and near the town. 
Milford; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, so named on account of the 
many mills erected upon Mill River. 
Milk; river in Montana, so named because of its whitish appearance. 
Mill; creek in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, so named because the first grist mi i. in 
northern Ohio was built upon its bank. 
Millard; county in Utah, named for Millard Fillmore. 
Millard; village in Douglas County, Nebraska, named for Ezra Millard, its founder. 
Millbank; city in Grant county, South Dakota, named for Jeremiah Millbank, a 
director of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad. 
Millbury; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, so named because the Black- 
stone River at this point is the site of many mills. 
Milledgeville; city in Georgia, named for John Milledge, an early governor of the 
State. 
Millelacs; lake and county in Minnesota. From the French, u mUle lacs," meaning! 
"thousand lakes." 
Miller; county in Arkansas, named for James Miller, former governor of the State. 
Miller; county in Georgia, named for a distinguished citizen of the State, Andrew 
J. Miller. * 
Miller; county in Missouri, named for John Miller, a former governor. 
Miller; village in Knox County, Nebraska, named for the first settler, Capt. J. INI. 
Miller. 
Miller; township and city in Hand County, South Dakota, named for the founder, 
Henry Miller. 
Miller; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for an early pioneer. 
Millerplace; village in Suffolk County, New York, named for Andrew Miller, the 
son of an early pioneer of Easthampton. 
Millersburg-; town in Callaway County, Missouri, named for Thomas Miller, an 
early settler. 
Millersburg; village in Holmes County, Ohio, named for Charles Miller, its founder. 
Millersburg; borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, named for Daniel Miller, 
its founder. 
Millerstown; borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, named for its founder, 
David Miller. 
Millcrton; town in Dutchess County, New York, named from Samuel G. Miller, one 
of the contractors and builders of the extension of the New York and Harlem 
Railroad from Dover Plains to Chatham. 
Millinocket; lake on the Penobscot River, Maine. An Indian word meaning 
" place full of islands." 
Mill River; village in the town of New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
so named from a mill on the Konkapot River — Mill-on-the-River. 
Mills; county in Iowa, named for Major Mills, of the State. 
