Population
The population of Milnor has been fairly consistent over the years. These numbers are taken from census figures.
1920 = 680
1950 = 645
1980 = 716
1990 = 650
2000 = 711
City Charter - Articles of Incorporation for the City of Milnor, ND

Milnor Offically Named in 1883

City records show that the name honored William Edward Milnor, the first telegrapher at the Milnor Station, and WM Milnor Roberts, a famous civil engineer of the day.

In the matter of organizing the incorporated Town of Milnor as a City under the General Law of the State of North Dakota.

Proceedings of March 24th, 1914
A petition having been filed to submit the question of whether or not the incorporated Town of Milnor, Sergeant County, North Dakota, shall be incorporated as a City under the General Law. Now, therefore, Harley Christopherson, make the motion that the President of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Milnor be instructed to call an election according to law and conformity with said petition, which motion carried unanimously.

Motion made and seconded that Phil Dietzler, Anton Berger and A. Summerfield act as judges and E.H. Intlehouse and Anton Nelson act as clerks of the election aforesaid, with carried unanimously.

Motion and seconded that the election as called for in the petition on file and in conformity with the motion herein shall be held Tuesday, the 21st day of April 1914 in the fire hall in the Town of Milnor, Sergeant County, North Dakota, which carried unanimously.

Proceedings of April 21st, 1914
We, Lavus W. Intlehouse, Harley A. Christopherson and Chas A. Hanson, Trustees of the Town of Milnor and incorporated authorities therein, hereby certify that on the 21st day of April 1914 the Judges by us appointed to act as such judges at the election held on siad date to submit the question of whether or not the incorporated Town of Milnor shall be and become incorporated as a city under the General Law of the State of North Dakota, being Chapter 30 of the Revised Code of 1905.

We further certify that said election was called by us in conformity with the petition on file and that notice thereof was given according tothe Statute in such case made and provided, that such judges made their returns of said election to us, the trustees of said town of Milnor of their count of the votes case for and against said question, and in their returns said judges above named and appointed, filed their returns of such votes to us which returns and report shows that there were 40 votes case against organization of the town of Milnor as a City and 44 votes were cast in favor of organization of the town of Milnor under the General Law and that such returns were presented to us on the 21st Day of April 1914 after the said votes had been counted by said judges, and that we thereafter, and on said date, proceeded to canvas the ballots and votes of said election, and in so canvassing we find that the returns of said judges is in every way correct, and that such canvas of the ballots and votes cast at such election, we Certify that 40 votes were case against Organization of the town of Milnor as a city under the General Law and 44 votes were cast in favor of organization of the town of Milnor as carried, and that said incorporated Town of Milnor is declared to be a City under the General Law, being Chapter 30 of the Revised Code of North Dakota of 1905 and acts amendatory thereof.

Signed by the board of Trustees of the Town of Milnor, Sergeant County, North Dakota and attested by the Clerk of said Town this 21st day of April 1914.

Attest:
Otto Miller, Clerk
Lavus W. Intlehouse, President
Chas A. Hanson
Harley Christopherson

We, the undersigned, Lavus W. Intlehouse, Chas A. Hanson, Harley Christopherson, Board of Trustees of the town of Milnor, and Otto Miller, Clerk of said Town, hereby certify that the foregoing matter as it appears on the books in the clerks office and that it is a true and corrrect copy of all proceedings of the board of trustees of the said town of Milnor relative to the questions set forth in the caption hereof as appears on the records of said Clerk.


The Main Street in Milnor, ND during the early days.

An aerial shot of Milnor, ND in 1958.

Another picture of the Main Street in Milnor from the 1800's.