Source: The History of Iowa County, 1881, p. 622-3

(Under English Township...) Physical Features. North English, Middle English and Gritter Creek are the principal streams of water. North English River rises in Poweshiek county and flows in a southeasterly direction and empties into the Iowa River below Iowa City. It touches the township line first at the northwest corner, then follows in a meandering course directly east till it reaches section 4. Here it enters the township, passes through sections 3,2,1 and 12; thence into Fillmore....

Millersburg, Present Condition. Reuben Miller laid out the town which still bears his name, in the spring of 1852. The original plat was on nw qr sw qr section 8, township 78, range 11, and the plat was recorded June 28, 1852.

It has been a town of considerable importance and even now does a large mercantile trade. There are now several general stores, two hotels, a drug store, hardware and furniture stores, a restaurant, saloon, harness shop, meat market, barber shop, millineries, blacksmith shops, wagon shops, shoemakers, churches, schools, livery, lawyers, ministers, physicians, teachers and all other classes necessary to make a lively little western village. Let the reader compare an account written nearly a quarter of a century ago with what Millersburg is to-day.

Millersburg in 1857. We paid a short visit to Millersburg a week or two since and received social and kindly attention from M. Ballard, Dr. Linch, A. J. Morrison, Mr. Skelington and others. It was on the occasion of a political meeting and there were quite a number of people gathered together, which gave the town a lively and animated appearance. Millersburg is delightfully located on a high rolling prairie, about two and a half miles south of English River, and is surrounded with excellent farms, in a good state of cultivation, well fenced, and several of them having young orchards growing on them. The town is in a prosperous condition, having already many well finished frame houses and several others in progress of completion.

There is in the place an excellent stream flouring mill, five dry goods stores, a hardware store, groceries, a clothing store, kept by our friend Skelington, a drug store kept by A. J. Morrison, besides two excellent hotels. We only became acquainted with one of the dry goods merchants, M.H. Moore, who appeared to be doing a flourishing business. Our friends in Millersburg should be satisfied; they have a growing town and fine country around it, which must necessarily keep up a good local trade. May Millersburg progress till it becomes a city.

The above was written by Clinton Edwards, editor of the "Iowa Weekly Visitor."

Submitted by Carol C. Eddleman

Note:  A new History of Millersburg is being written and should be published within the year [2002?].