If you were here in the 1830’s you were probably among a handful of Virginians who came to the area. In the 1850’s a land transaction was completed for a new town named Millville and the town was laid out which included a one-hundred foot right-of-way for railroad tracks laid down for the Wabash, St.Louis & Pacific Railroad and lots on both sides of the track. There were already many farms, ranches and tobacco plantations surrounding Millville. A Post office was established under the name “Snowhill”. Another settler to the area during this time was an immigrant from Ireland who became a large land owner, stock raiser, leading citizen and tobacco grower. In the middle of the 1870’s the name of the town and the Post Office were changed to honor him.

Judges

The Honorable Joseph Porzenski