Millican, Texas

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title: "Millican, Texas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["unincorporated-communities-in-brazos-county,-texas", "unincorporated-communities-in-texas", "bryan–college-station"] description: "Unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States" topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millican,_Texas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Millican, Texas
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
(Former municipality)
image_skyline	MillicanPostOffice.jpg
image_caption	Millican post office, February 2007
image_map	TXMap-doton-Millican.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Millican, Texas
image_map1	Brazos County Millican.svg
mapsize1	250px
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Texas
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Brazos
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	10.4
area_land_km2	10.4
area_water_km2	0.01
population_as_of	2010
population_total	240
population_density_km2	23.1
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_m	95
elevation_ft	312
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	77866
area_code	979
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	48-48516
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1362920
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Millican is an unincorporated community and former municipality in Brazos County, Texas, United States. The population was 240 at the 2010 census, 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.

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. A skirmish erupted and lasted for several days in what one historian has called "“the worst incident of racial violence in Texas during Reconstruction.”

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. However, after 1871, no municipal government officials had ever taken office, neither via appointment nor via being voted into power. 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. A lawyer that Brazos County used as a consultant had stated that she could not find proof that the municipality ever dissolved.

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.

Geography

Millican is located in southern Brazos County at . It is 14 mi southeast of the city of College Station.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Millican has a total area of 10.4 km2, of which 0.01 sqkm, or 0.11%, is water.

Demographics

|2000= 108 |2010= 240 |estyear=2019 |estimate=243 |estref= |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census As of the census of 2000, there were 108 people, 41 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was 26.9 PD/sqmi. There were 49 housing units at an average density of 12.2 per square mile (4.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.44% White, 1.85% African American, 1.85% Asian, 1.85% from other races. Hispanic or 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 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. Navasota High School is the district's comprehensive high school.

References

References

1. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
2. (October 25, 2007). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Millican town, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
4. "Millican, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
5. "Millican Massacre".
6. Drisker, Tiara. (February 7, 2022). "Millican Massacre Historical Marker".
7. "RQ-0465-GA File #ML-44644-06 I.D.# 44644 re: Request for Attorney General Opinion". [[Attorney General of Texas]].
8. Kapitan, Greg. (December 6, 2006). "Millican community is not a city after all". [[The Bryan-College Station Eagle.
9. (February 12, 2011). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
10. (May 24, 2020). "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau.
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