Milford Borough, Pike County, Pennsylvania (PA) 18337

Milford Borough

Pike County, Pennsylvania

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Milford Borough Hall is located at 110 East High Street, Milford PA 18337.
Phone: 570‑296‑8133.


Milford Brough, Pike County, PA

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The Milford area [1] was originally settled by Lenni-Lenape native Americans, an Algonquian-speaking indigenous nation that lived in mid-Atlantic coastal areas. The Lenape encountered European settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Conflicts with Native Americans, common throughout early America, forced the Lenape from their ancestral home along the Delaware River and further west.

John Biddis, one of Pennsylvania's first four circuit judges, bought land and founded Milford (originally known as Wells Ferry) in 1796 as a settlement on the Delaware River named after his ancestral home in Wales.

By Biddis's design, the town plan for Milford generally followed the urban grid plan of Philadelphia. High Street was laid out running to the Delaware River as the equivalent of Market Street in Philadelphia. Broad Street was aligned perpendicular to High as the axis of the street. Similar to Philadelphia, a public square and the Borough's official buildings were located at the intersection of Broad and High Streets. East-west streets are numbered, while north-south streets are named after Judge Biddis' children: Ann, Catherine, George, John, Sarah and Elizabeth. The alleys between are named after berries and fruit.

Milford [2], county seat, population 768, was laid out by John Biddis, 1793, in squares, after pattern of Philadelphia; it rests high above the Delaware River, overlooking a valley of myriad hues that have made the town notable for its quaint, umbrageous [sic] beauty and repose. Pioneer settlers were substantial people whose descendants still reside here. It is a popular resort for trout fishing in the spring, vacationists [sic] in the summer, and for deer and bird hunting in the fall. Courthouse, brick, French design, built in 1873, in center of town, facing the public square; two mortars from the Civil War are in the front lawn; opposite is the jail, built in 1815 as courthouse and jail, made of native boulders carefully selected for shades and tints.

  1. Borough of Milford, Comprehensive Plan, 2020, www.milfordboro.org, accessed July, 2024
  2. Archambault, A. Margaretta, ed., A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, 1924

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