Milford is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Bracken County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
.
The ZIP Code for Milford is 41061.
History
Milford was founded in 1831, and named for the nearby
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...
on a ford of the Licking River. A post office has been in operation at Milford since 1832.
References
Unincorporated communities in Bracken County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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