Millview is an unincorporated community located along Perdido Bay in Escambia County, Florida, United States.
Millview, Florida | |
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 George Robinson's Mill at Millview | |
  Millview Location within the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 30°25′05″N 87°21′22″W / 30.41806°N 87.35611°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Escambia |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 32506 |
| GNIS feature ID | 286940[1] |
History
editMillview may have been settled as early as 1783. Millview's history has been closely tied to that of the lumber industry, and the community was once home to as many as six different lumber mills and had a population of 3,000 residents.[2] One of the first recorded sawmills was built in 1868 and could produce up to 35,000 feet of lumber per day.[3] Some of the sawmills that operated in Millview included the Wright Mill,[4] Robinson Mill, Seminole Mill,[5] McLane Mill, New Mill and the Perdido Bay Lumber Company Mill.[3] In 1880, the annual production of all mills in Millview was 30-40 million board feet. The Perdido Bay Lumber Company mill was the largest mill in Millview, measuring 175 feet x 55 feet. The mill contained one engine, a gang saw, two circular saws, and six boilers.[6] The Southern States Lumber Company purchased much of the land in Millview after the Civil War and donated land for a church and school.[2]
The Pensacola and Perdido Railroad was a 9-mile railroad that began hauling lumber from Millview to Pensacola Bay in 1874. In 1893, Henry McLaughlin extended the Pensacola, Alabama, and Tennessee Railroad from Millview to Muscogee.[7] In February 1913, McLauglin incorporated the Pensacola, Mobile, and New Orleans Railway, which absorbed the Pensacola, Alabama, and Tennessee and Pensacola and Perdido Railroads.[8]
J. B. Johnson and George Robinson both owned sawmills and general stores in Millview and printed their own scrip for use in their stores.[9]
A post office operated under the name Millview from 1872 to 1935.[10]
Gallery
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German American Lumber Company engine number 7 at Millview -
Sanborn map of lumber mills at Millview in 1884 -
Sanborn map of Robinson Lumber Company's Gang Mill -
Sanborn map of Seminole Mill
References
edit- ^ "Millview". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Brackett, John Matthew. ""The Naples of America": Pensacola during the Civil War and Reconstruction" (PDF). Florida State University Libraries. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Campbell, Richard. "Historical sketches of colonial Florida" (PDF). George A Smathers Libraries. University of Florida. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Sheet 0009, Pensacola 1897 including Warrington, Woolsey and Mills at Millview, Florida". Historic Map Works. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Grinnan, Joseph James. "Molino Mills: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of a Reconstruction Era Sawmill in Molino, Florida" (PDF). University of West Florida. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ Gregg Turner (2003). A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 40, 87. ISBN 978-0-7385-2421-4.
- ^ Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign: Transportation. Moody's Investors Service. 1918. p. 1044.
- ^ "Millview". Hometown Currency. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Escambia County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 28, 2020.