Milton, Illinois
Former settlement
Coordinates: 39°50′45″N 90°39′29″W / 39.845766°N 90.658085°W / 39.845766; -90.658085
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyBrown
PlattedAugust 26, 1836 (1836-08-26)
GNIS feature ID1828979[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, 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

  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. 1 2 Dyson, Howard F. (1918). "Old Times in Schuyler: Town Sites Long Forgotten". Retrieved July 25, 2019.


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