Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Milford, IL

Milford is one of the oldest settlements in Iroquois County — its first settler, Samuel Rush, arrived from Indiana in the fall of 1829.

Milford's name comes from 'the mill at the ford' — the spot where the Old Hubbard Trail forded Sugar Creek and a gristmill stood in 1836.

The village was platted by William Pickerell on September 24, 1836, at his mill on Sugar Creek, a main branch of the Iroquois River.

Milford was incorporated on March 3, 1874, with H. V. Brown as president of its first Board of Trustees.

Milford's population peaked at 1,716 in 1980 and has declined steadily since, reaching 1,158 at the 2020 census.

The 2020 census counted 524 households in Milford, with a median resident age of 42.1 years.

Milford covers just 0.67 square miles along Illinois Route 1 in southeastern Iroquois County, 12 miles south of the county seat of Watseka, and Sugar Creek along its southern edge is part of the Kankakee River watershed.

Milford High School's Bearcat football team played in the first night football game in America, at Westville on September 21, 1928 — a game the Illinois High School Association recognizes as the first modern football game played under lights.

Milford High School also draws students from the nearby communities of Stockland, Wellington and Sheldon, and its gymnasium was one of the few in the nation with a carpeted playing floor until the carpet was replaced in 1997.