Editing Millican, Texas

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States}}
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'''Millican''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and former municipality in [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 240 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4848516| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203933/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4848516| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Millican town, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> up from 108 at the 2000 census. It is part of the [[Bryan–College Station metropolitan area]]. Millican is named after [[Robert Millican]], the first white settler of the region that would come to be known as Brazos County.

==History==
The area was settled by Robert Hemphill Millican and his son Dr. Elliott McNeil Millican in the 1820's.  By 1845, it was known as Millican Crossroads, opening a post-office in 1849 and a stage-coach station in 1850.<ref name="Texas State Historical Association">{{cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/millican-tx|title=Millican, TX| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>

As the terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railway between 1860 and 1867, the town grew.  It served as a training camp for 5,000 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.

From July 15-17, 1868, Millican was the site of racial violence when a group of Blacks and a group of Whites confronted one another over the rumor of a lynching of a black man near the Brazos River.<ref name="Millican Massacre, 1868">{{cite web|url=https://millican.omeka.net/|title=Millican Massacre|access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>  A skirmish erupted and lasted for several days in what one historian has called "“the worst incident of racial violence in Texas during Reconstruction.”<ref name="Tiara Drisker">{{cite web |url=https://artsci.tamu.edu/news/2022/02/millican-massacre-historical-marker.html#:~:text=From%20July%2015%2D17%2C%201868,years%2C%20Amy%20Earhart%2C%20an%20associate|last=Drisker|first=Tiara|title=Millican Massacre Historical Marker|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>

The community was formerly an incorporated municipality. A letter sent to [[Greg Abbott]], then the [[Texas Attorney General]], from the Brazos County Attorney, Jim Kuboviak, stated that an either an election of 1866 or a "[[special act]]" law passed by the [[Texas Legislature]] had incorporated Millican as a municipality, and that the community had one person serving as mayor.<ref name=AttorneyGeneral>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/request-files/request/2006/rq0456ga.pdf|title=RQ-0465-GA File #ML-44644-06 I.D.# 44644 re: Request for Attorney General Opinion|publisher=[[Attorney General of Texas]]|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref> However, after 1871, no municipal government officials had ever taken office, neither via appointment nor via being voted into power.<ref name=KapitanNotacity>{{cite web|last=Kapitan|first=Greg|url=https://theeagle.com/news/local/millican-community-is-not-a-city-after-all/article_787a6453-e487-5f02-a88c-ef2ca7599af8.html|title=Millican community is not a city after all|newspaper=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle|The Eagle]]|date=December 6, 2006|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref> By 2006 there was no collection of taxation for any municipal services, and Brazos County officials wanted Abbott to determine if Millican's incorporation was still in effect. This would determine whether the county could make decisions with providing services to Millican.<ref name=AttorneyGeneral/> A lawyer that Brazos County used as a consultant had stated that she could not find proof that the municipality ever dissolved.<ref name=KapitanNotacity/>

In November 2006 the Office of the Texas Attorney General made a ruling stating that Millican was not an incorporated municipality due to a law that was enacted in 1897 stating that a city which had no executive officials in a period of at least 10 years would automatically dissolve; this law was in effect until 1925, and so Millican would have dissolved automatically. The determination allowed a land developer to move forward with a project as there was no city council to deal with.<ref name=KapitanNotacity/>

==Geography==
Millican is located in southern Brazos County at {{coord|30.466433|-96.202798|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|14|mi}} southeast of the city of [[College Station, Texas|College Station]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Millican has a total area of {{convert|10.4|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=left
|2000= 108
|2010= 240
|estyear=2019
|estimate=243
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 108 people, 41 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|26.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 49 housing units at an average density of 12.2 per square mile (4.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 94.44% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.85% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.85% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.85% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.85% of the population.

There were 41 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $14,643, and the median income for a family was $20,114. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $56,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,821. There were no families living or children below the [[poverty line]],  however, 6.0% of the population was living below the [[poverty line]] including 16.3% of those over 64.

==Education==
Millican is served by the [[Navasota Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st48_tx/c48041_brazos/DC10SD_C48041_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Brazos County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=October 15, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48041_brazos/DC20SD_C48041.pdf Millican does not appear in the 2020 map]</ref> [[Navasota High School]] is the district's comprehensive high school.

==See also==
{{portal-inline|Texas}}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Brazos County, Texas]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas]]
[[Category:Bryan–College Station]]