Milton, Brown County, Illinois

Former settlement in Illinois, United States

Milton, Illinois

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[1]

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,[clarification needed] near the site of the old Johnson mill, on McKee's creek, but it was a failure.[2] 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.[3] In the prospectus advertising the sale of town lots, the promoters referred to it as located at the head of slack water navigation.[3]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Milton, Brown County, Illinois[dead link‍]
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b Dyson, Howard F. (1918). "Old Times in Schuyler: Town Sites Long Forgotten". Retrieved July 25, 2019.

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