From Wikipedia:
The Village of Milford began with the building of a sawmill by Elizur and Stanley Ruggles in 1832. Early county records indicate that the mill was erected in the "Township" at that time, and that formal organization would occur in 1834. That same year, the first grist mill was erected by Luman Fuller. In 1835, the first Post Office was established with Aaron Phelps as Postmaster.
The Lower Mill Pond was created in 1836 to provide waterpower for the various types of mills and factories. The Upper Mill Pond followed in 1845. In 1911, the Hubbell Pond was created by a dam built on the Huron River to generate electricity.
Waterpower made it possible for Milford to become one of the first communities to have electric lights, in 1892. A year later, telephone service was available in the Village. As a point of reference, nearby South Lyon did not have electric lights until 1932.
By 1939, Henry Ford built a carburetor plant and two hydroelectric stations intended to allow residents to maintain their agricultural work while working in the factories. The former carburetor plant was demolished in 2002. The Art Deco station still remains on the Pettibone Creek in the Village, and restoration work began in 2004.
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F.W. Bacon, owner of the Peters Mill, bought the first automobile in town in October, 1900. He traveled all the way to Ohio to pick it up and apparently drove it home.
On July 9, 1910, H.M. Coulter broke all Milford records by driving home from Royal Oak in only one hour and thirty-five minutes. He met sixty-three autos during the drive.
The General Motors Corporation came to Milford Township in 1924 and selected for a testing area 1125 acres of land located west of Milford Village near the border that separates Livingston and Oakland Counties.
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http://www.milfordhistory.org/Histor...gnificance.htm
My house was built in 1861 as a Victorian Gothic and was originally owned by Edwin A. Tenny, a cabinet maker. Hard to believe I live in a 145 year old house.
