Mill Creek, Oklahoma

Mill Creek is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 319 at the 2010 census, a loss from 340 at the 2000 census. Mill Creek Community is an unincorporated area of Johnston County that surrounds the town and claims to have about 1,000 residents, including those that live within the town limits. Local residents consider the town as the focal point of the community.HistoryIn 1852, when the post office was first established, the town was named Mineral Hill and was within the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. The 1855 Treaty of Separation between the Choctaws and Chickasaws established the latter as a separate nation, effective March 4, 1856. Mill Creek then fell within the Chickasaw Nation boundaries. Cyrus Harris moved to Mill Creek in 1855. The Post Office was renamed Harris Mill in 1859, after Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris built a large grist mill on the local creek. It changed back to Mill Creek in 1879.The St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway laid tracks through the Mill Creek area from 1900 to 1901. However, the tracks were about 3miles east of town, so many residents moved closer to the railroad. Soon, the town became one of the largest shipping points for cattle in this region.In 1902, the town of Mill Creek incorporated in Indian Territory, becoming Mill Creek, Oklahoma, after statehood on November 16, 1907. The population peaked in 1907 at 644.GeographyMill Creek is located in northern Johnston County at.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4sqmi, all of it land.