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
Written History on the City of Milnor

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.

During the summer of 1863, Sibley's army camped on the shores of Storm Lake (Camp Buel), little knowing that twenty years later the town of Milnor would be settled there.

The Northern Pacific Railroad was the first to enter Sargent County, being built from Wahpeton to Linton, a point about three miles east of where the City of Milnor is now located. When platting of the railroad could not be negotiated with a Linton settler, Northern Pacific officials sent their surveyor to plat a townsite near the center of section 9, township 132, range 54, in what is now Milnor township. The railroad was extended to that location and the buildings at Linton were transported on wagons to the end of the line in August 1883. The town thus located, and the township in which it was located, were named Milnor.

The office of the Northern Pacific and the North Dakota Historical Society were not clear as for whom the City of Milnor was named. 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.

On January 1884, the Sargent County Teller reported Milnor now had between 300 - 400 inhabitants and a variety of different businesses along it's main street. Milnor became a town officially on June 8, 1884. The first election for town officers was held on July 21, 1884.

In 1914, Milnor became a city with L.W. Intlehouse as the first Mayor and on June 1, a 75 foot flagpole was erected on what is now Main and 5th Avenue. Everyone who grew up in Milnor remembers the flagpole. In November of 1929, talkies were installed in the Iris Theatre. Many people from the Milnor area remember the "Galloping Goose" passenger train that served Milnor for many years.

Camp Buel, Sibley Historical Marker, located on Highway 13 near Milnor is one of the historical spots of Sargent County. The population of Milnor has been fairly consistent over the years. These numbers are taken from census figures: 1920 = 680 residents 1950 = 645 residents 1980 = 716 residents 1990 = 650 residents 2000 = 711 resdients