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MILLER
GROVE HISTORY
According to the Texas
Online web site Miller Grove was probably first settled sometime
in the late 1840s. Among the earliest residents was the Miller
family, for whom the community is named. The Presbyterian
church is said to have been organized in 1848. The post office
was established around 1869. J. J. Hill was the first
postmaster. By 1885 Miller Grove had a steam grist and saw
mill, a district school, three churches, and a population of
thirty. By the early 1890s Miller Grove's population was 100. In
1905 the Miller Grove public school had an enrollment of 114.
In the late 1940s the Miller Grove had two churches, three
stores, a cotton gin, a feed mill, a hardwood sawmill, and
a machine shop. Miller Grove's population in 1948 was estimated
at 250. At that time Miller Grove School had ten teachers.
In the early 1980s Miller Grove had a cemetery, a sawmill,
a school, two churches, four stores, and a number of scattered
houses. According to the 1990 census the population of
Miller Grove was estimated at 115.
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