Milliken

History

The town was named for John D. Milliken, a Judge. The first community located near the Milliken townsite was initially known as Hillsboro. The community began as a trading post on the Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad for agricultural goods in the 1860s. The Milliken, Colorado, post office opened on November 10, 1909, and the Town of Milliken was incorporated on October 1, 1910. When Millikens police department moved to a new building in 2009 the old building became vacant. it was home to a coffee shop before being used as a computer lab for many years. Then the nearby Glenn A. Jones MD memorial library opened a branch there in 2021. After sharing the building with the Mill Haus Coffee for 5 years the library moved to a part of the Milliken Intermediate School facing Elm St. Now known as the Milliken Public Library.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Greeley West High School
  High · GREELEY · 1,885 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• University Schools
  Other · GREELEY · 1,771 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• Frontier Charter Academy
  Other · GREELEY · 1,423 students · 23:1 ratio
• Northridge High School
  High · GREELEY · 1,253 students · 20.5:1 ratio
• Roosevelt High School
  High · JOHNSTOWN · 1,082 students · 20:1 ratio
• S. Christa McAuliffe STEM Academy
  Elementary · GREELEY · 895 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• Mead Elementary School
  Elementary · MEAD · 833 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• Chappelow K-8 Magnet School
  Elementary · EVANS · 687 students · 18.6:1 ratio