Knox County ILGenWeb

From the 1870 Atlas Map of Knox County, Illinois, Andreas, Lyter & Co., Davenport, Iowa, 91 pages.  [Submitted by Bob Miller.]

"The town of Milroy was laid out by Robert Rounds, in the year 1850.  It was called Centerville for many years.  A. Holmes and Conrad Leek built a mill in an early day, but have failed to make a town of any note.  The Post Office of Milroy is in Victoria Township."