Millsville, Pictou County
Millsville, Nova Scotia
Millsville Geography
- Official Name: Millsville
- Gaelic Name:Baile A’ Mhuilinn
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Postal Code: B0K 1R0
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.615424, -62.89952
Millsville Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 6
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 087
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map: 1045600062900 (Millsville)
- Other:
About Millsville
Millsville is a rural area is located near the head of Four Mile Brook. It may have been named after early settlers.
The land was granted to James Logie and Richard W. Masters in 1811, James Kerr in 1812 and to James Nairn in 1815.
Herman Church was built in 1865, and a postal way office was established in 1866.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
1921 Millsville Map
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