Milano, Texas
City in the United States in Milam County
About Milano
Milano is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Route 79 and State Highway 36, 12 miles southeast of Cameron, the county seat. Its population was 390 at the 2020 census.
On November 5, 1960, country music singer Johnny Horton was killed by a drunk driver on Highway 79 near Milano on his way home from a performance at the Skyline Club in Austin.
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How Milano is governed
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Residents of Milano
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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Fire Chief
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 428 in 2010 to 390 in 2020 (−8.9%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 390 |
| 2010 | 428 |
History
The International-Great Northern Railroad Company laid out the original site of Milano in 1874, about 1-1/2 mi west of the city's present site. A United States post office opened there the same year. Soon, a Baptist church was also established in the area. The community around Milano became a voting precinct in 1880.
Local sources offer several possibilities for the origin of the name "Milano". One story suggests that the town was simply named after Milan, Italy, because of similarities in the climate, but truly, the climate of Milan in Northern Italy, is cold and continental; another says that the name was supposed to have been "Milam", but the United States Post Office Department either got it wrong or changed it intentionally because another Milam, Texas, already existed.
Nevertheless, when the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway built the section of track between Brenham and Belton in 1881, it established the town of Milano Junction at the railway's intersection with the International-Great Northern, about two miles east of Milano. As the focus of social and economic life shifted to the new town, Milano became "Old Milano" and Milano Junction became Milano. By the late 1880s, Milano was a commercial hub, with 500 residents, and served as a shipping point for cotton and hides produced in the area. Truck farming became an important industry for Milano in the 1920s, with tomatoes, watermelon, and cantaloupes as the principal crops.
The small city of Milano reached its population peak in 1939, when about 920 residents were reported to be living there. The number of local residents began to decline in the early 1940s, and fell to a low of 380 by the early 1970s, before beginning to grow again in the late 1970s. By the time Milano was finally incorporated in the early 1980s, the city officially had 468 residents.
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