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Millheim Borough, the Town of Mills, began in the 1770s when Jacob Hubler built a gristmill and sawmill along the banks of Elk Creek, the first of many mills to flourish there. The importance of the town was further enhanced by being at the junction of four roads, one out of Brush Valley, one from Union County, another from Mifflin County, and the other from the west. By the 1870s Millheim had become the industrial, commercial, and residential center of Penns Valley with thirteen mercantile establishments and twelve major industries including new mills, two foundry and machine shops, two tanneries, a cement/lime kiln, and a chair factory. Two large hotels were added (one of them at the site of the current Millheim hotel), and the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad connected Millheim to the area and beyond. A large hosiery mill and a silk mill continued into the 20th century.

Information and text courtesy of The Centre County Historical Society
www.centrecountyhistory.org/

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www.seda-cog.org/cen-millheim/site/default.asp