BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Mason County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Milton Mills
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- Address. 7191 Taylor Mill Rd., Orangeburg, 41056
- When was it listed? January 1987
- Category. building
- Also known as. Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
- Census division. Maysville
- National Register reference number. 87000148 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Milton Mills between 1999 and 2016, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAXEY FLAT |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Milton Mills: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Buckeye Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maysville Dredging, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orangeburg, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Orangeburg | $15,000 | A road was washed out and an intersection was closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $10,000 | A barn sustained major damage. Numerous trees were also knocked down. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Orangeburg | $8,000 | Flash flooding occurred on Stone Lick Branch along Kentucky State Route 1449. Rushing water destroyed a garage along the creek. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $3,000 | Trees were downed along Orangeburg Road. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Orangeburg | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 2.0 miles | 1978 | |
| Rust House | 2.6 miles | 1978 | |
| GAR Monument | 4.4 miles | 2018 | |
 | Washington Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1970 |
| Washington Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 5.0 miles | 1976 | |
| Tom Forman House | 5.0 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000148 in Record Group 79. |
| Mason County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.