Millville - Arizona Ghost Town

MILLVILLE

NAME: Millville
COUNTY: Cochise
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T21N, R21E
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter or fall

COMMENTS: On BLM land, there is usually a barrier.
REMAINS: Some foundations and rubble with diligent searching.

Millville's post office was established May 26, 1879 and was discontinued May 3, 1880. Millville is directly across the San Pedro river from Charleston. Charleston housed the residences and general businesses for Millville, which housed the mill and other mining related businesses for Tombstone and the surrounding area. Millville lost its post office when Charleston became the bigger town and when the mines in Tombstone flooded, operations in Millville ceased. Today there are only a few adobe foundations left at the site.	Millville circa 1880 Courtesy Arizona Historical Society Millville Courtesy Tom McCurnin Millville Courtesy Tom McCurnin Millville Courtesy Tom McCurnin Millville Courtesy Tom McCurnin Millville Courtesy Tom McCurnin

Millville's post office was established May 26, 1879 and was discontinued May 3, 1880. Millville is directly across the San Pedro river from Charleston. Charleston housed the residences and general businesses for Millville, which housed the mill and other mining related businesses for Tombstone and the surrounding area. Millville lost its post office when Charleston became the bigger town and when the mines in Tombstone flooded, operations in Millville ceased. Today there are only a few adobe foundations left at the site.

Millville circa 1880
Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

Millville
Courtesy Tom McCurnin

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