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MILFORD

Milford is situated on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and

Potomac Railroad, 40 miles north of Richmond and 22 miles
south of Fredericksburg. The town dates back to November
2, 1792, at which time an Act was passed by the Virginia Assembly
"To establish a town and inspection of tobacco on the lands of

An Avenue in Bowling Green

John Hoomes, in the county of Caroline." See Hening's Statutes
Volume 3, page 576.

This town was once the head of navigation on the Mattaponi,

as will appear from the Legislative Petitions elsewhere in this
book, and had a large tobacco inspection or tobacco warehouse.

Lawn of the Rains Home in Bowling Green

Today there stands farther back from the river and on the east
side of the railroad a large tobacco warehouse erected by the
Co-operative Tobacco Growers Association for the receiving and
grading of Caroline tobacco which was formerly sold at auction
on the open market in Richmond. Here also are located the
plants of the Wilson Lumber Company, the Miller Sumac Extract
Company. The mercantile establishments operated by T. E.
Campbell, W. N. Blatt and Sons, R. Lewis Gravatt, E. G.
Thornton, Farmers Co-operative Exchange and Milford Produce
Company, are among the most prosperous in the county.

The Milford State Bank, organized in 1912, and operated by
Dr. E. C. Cobb, H. D. McWhirt, Walter Wilson, C. W. Colbert,
G. K. Coleman, W. P. Miller and L. E. Martin, is a flourishing
institution and serves a large territory.