Millheim is an unincorporated settlement in
Cinque Hommes Township in
Perry County Perry County may refer to:
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Etymology
The name Millheim is most probably an American corruption of the German Müllheim, meaning ‘mill home’. One theory is that the name was conferred on the mill, although it is possible the name is taken from one of the cities in Germany's
Rhine
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or Ruhr regions, or is one of the German names brought by the Saxon migration to Perry County.
[State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html]
History
A well-known mill was built at the present-site of Millheim as early as 1856 by Rudolph Conrad and Mike Eddleman, and a post office was established in 1891.
Geography
Millheim is situated in Cinque Hommes Township, and is located approximately eight miles south of
Perryville.
[A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri ]
References
Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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