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Millerton is a small town in western McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, set on U.S. Highway 70 between Idabel, the county seat, and Valliant.

Millerton was one of Oklahoma's first hardwood sawmill towns, built amid rich stands of pine, oak, cottonwood, and cypress.

The townsite was earlier known as Chula and locally as Parsonsville; Benedict and Mary Miller bought the land in October 1906, and the town platted on their land in 1907 became Millerton.

Millerton grew up along the old military trace, the first road cut through the timbered wilderness of McCurtain County.

The town prospered through the 1920s with a hotel, a drug store, and a bank, then declined during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Despite its early start, Millerton did not incorporate until 1975.

The 2020 census counted 214 residents in Millerton, down sharply from 320 in 2010.

At the 2000 census, Millerton's 359 residents lived in 145 households and 100 families.

Just outside town stands Wheelock Church, which may be Oklahoma's oldest church building; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and Millerton serves as the gateway to it.

Millerton provides water and fire protection to nearby Wheelock Academy, a historic school site designated a National Historic Landmark.