*Special thanks to Jeff Graves, Kathy McCoy, and Noah Burnett
​ for additional pictures for the website!

​Milford Center was called Milford when it was platted in 1816. Most likely it was so named as the location of the mill at the ford in Big Darby Creek, built by George Reed in the first decade of the 19th century. The mill was rebuilt in the 1830s and again in 1874 and stood as a feed store when it was razed in the 1960s. Today the Dollar General Store occupies the site of the mill and the Erb Buggy Works. Until 1821, the Village served as the County seat of Union County before it was relocated to Marysville. The building currently in Liberty Park is a scaled replica of the first Court House. This replica was erected in 2003 commemorating Ohio’s bicentennial year. A Post Office was established in the Village in 1823 and in 1829 the community was renamed Milford Centre as there was another, larger town called Milford in Ohio. Milford Centre was incorporated in 1853 and renamed again in 1893 to Milford Center. The building now known as the Village Fiscal/Utility Office (former town hall) once was the jail, complete with an iron barred cell and a constable.

A special thank you to Tracy Richardson, Ohio House Representative House District 86, for stopping by our June 13th council meeting!