Millersville, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Millersville, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cape Girardeau
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Kelton S. Horrell
Leader Title1:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.93
Area Land Km2:2.93
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:1.13
Area Land Sq Mi:1.13
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:240
Population Density Km2:81.79
Population Density Sq Mi:211.83
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:63766[2]
Area Code:573
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-48350
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:722401

Millersville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located six miles (10 km) west of Jackson on Route 72.

Millersville is part of the Cape Girardeau - Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Millersville has been in operation since 1866.[3]

Etymology

The community was named after the local Miller family.[4]

Historic site

The Miller-Seabaugh House and Dr. Seabaugh Office Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Education

It is in the Jackson R-2 School District,[5] which operates Jackson High School.

Notable person

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Millersville MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 10 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 10 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071746/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html . 24 June 2016 .
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape Girardeau County, MO. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-10-01.