Former settlement in Illinois, United States
| Milton, Illinois | |
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| Former settlement | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′45″N 90°39′29″W / 39.845766°N 90.658085°W / 39.845766; -90.658085 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Brown |
| Platted | August 26, 1836 (1836-08-26) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1828979 |
Milton is a former settlement in Brown County, Illinois, United States. The town was laid out August 25, 1836, by Lewis Gay, situated on the E. i of the S. E. of section 31, and the W. i of the S. W. I of section 32, near the site of the old Johnson mill, on McKee's creek, but it was a failure. Lewis Gay and William C. Ralls were the proprietors of the town, having laid out the town on McKee creek, five miles from the Illinois river. In the prospectus advertising the sale of town lots, the promoters referred to it as located at the head of slack water navigation.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Milton, Brown County, Illinois
- Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois: With Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: W.R. Brink & Co. 1882. OCLC 11560938. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ Dyson, Howard F. (1918). "Old Times in Schuyler: Town Sites Long Forgotten". Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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