Editing Old Mill Creek, Illinois (section)

==History==
In 1838 a man known by the name of [[Jacob Miller (settler)|Jacob Miller]] built a [[sawmill]] along a tributary of the [[Des Plaines River]], of which he named [[Mill Creek (Des Plaines River tributary)|Mill Creek]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fraterrigo |first1=Elizabeth |title=Old Mill Creek, IL |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/926.html |publisher=Encyclopedia of Chicago |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref> However, this year is debated and historians believe it could have been built between 1835 and 1840.

There were no public schools in the area until 1840. It is reported that there were nearly a dozen instructional buildings built between the mid-1800s and 1900. Although the exact date is unknown, it is believed that Browe School existed since 1859 and would remain open for 101 years until 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEWPORT TOWNSHIP ILLINOIS |url=https://www.newporttownshipil.com/ |website=GALLERY |publisher=Newport Township Historical Society |access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref> The land was then sold to a private resident.
[[File:Browe School.gif|thumb|Browe School, Old Mill Creek 1894]]

In 1850 land was purchased in order to construct a cemetery and it would stay in place until 1883 when the remains of nearly 80 individuals were moved to their current resting place. The oldest headstone dates to 1826.<ref>{{cite web |title=Millburn Cemetery |url=https://www.historicmillburn.org/History/hcemeter.htm#:~:text=William%20D.,to%20close%20the%20old%20cemetery. |publisher=Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc. |access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref>

In 1873 a train station was built along the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]] in the neighboring village (once another [[unincorporated area]]) of [[Gurnee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gurnee History: 1873: Gurnee Stop |url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5JVHE |website=Geocaching |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref> This over time caused the settlement to grow.

Old Mill Creek was incorporated as a village in 1959.

The village has received fire support from [[Wadsworth, IL]] since the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://newportfire.org/ |website=Newport Township Fire Protection District |publisher=Fire Companies |access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>