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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info --> |official_name = Milford |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated town]] and [[Census-designated place]] |motto = <!-- images and maps --> |image_skyline = Milford-indiana-from-above.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Milford from the air, looking northeast |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = USA Indiana |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Indiana]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Decatur County, Indiana|Decatur]] |subdivision_type3 = [[List of townships in Indiana|Township]] |subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics --> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |area_total_sq_mi = 0.1 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.1 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 121 |population_density_sq_mi=auto <!-- General information --> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|39|21|01|N|85|37|11|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 843 |founder = |named_for = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = <ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 2396762<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396762}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Milford''' is a town in [[Decatur County, Indiana|Decatur County]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]]. ==History== Milford was [[plat]]ted in 1835.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdecatur01hard | title=History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=Harding, Lewis Albert | year=1915 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofdecatur01hard/page/116 116]}}</ref> It was named for the presence of a mill on a ford.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/219 219]|quote=...a mill built at a ford here.}}</ref> It was incorporated around 1888 but voted to disincorporate in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indiana town going out of business |publisher=IndyStar |url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/LOCAL/705220426 |date=2007-05-22 |accessdate=2007-05-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524030805/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070522%2FLOCAL%2F705220426 |archivedate=2007-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.2 km{{sup|2}}), all land. ==Demographics== As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 121 people, 48 households, and 37 families in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,349.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 54 housing units at an average density of {{convert|602.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 100.00% White. Of the 48 households 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families. 20.8% of households were one person and 6.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.89. The age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. The median household income was $30,781 and the median family income was $31,406. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,506. There were 12.2% of families and 15.9% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 3.4% of under eighteens and 11.5% of those over 64. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{Decatur County, Indiana}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Former municipalities in Indiana]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Decatur County, Indiana]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana]] [[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2007]] [[Category:2007 disestablishments in Indiana]] [[Category:1835 establishments in Indiana]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1835]]
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