unincorporated community
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U.S. state
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of
Texas
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. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 15 in 2000.
History
McMillan was named for Texas Ranger Captain Newton D. McMillin in the late 1850s. E.B. House petitioned for a post office to be established here on October 6, 1904, but it opened in Bomar. G.B. Meeks sold his store to local settler Hugh Miller that same year. Only a cemetery remained in 1979 and the community had a population of 15 as of 2000.
Geography
McMillin is located a mile east of
Texas State Highway 16
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near the
Colorado River
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, northeast of San Saba in northeastern San Saba County.
Education
Flat Rock School was built in McMillan in 1882. Another one was built on Hugh Miller's property in 1899. Still another was built ''circa'' 1923 and joined the
San Saba Independent School District
San Saba Independent School District is a public school district based in San Saba, Texas (USA).
In addition to San Saba, the district also serves part of the community of Bend.
The district's mascot is the Armadillo.
In 2009, the school d ...