Millett, Texas


Millett is an unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 40 in 2000.
Millett is located at the junction of Interstate 35 and FM 469 in Northern La Salle County, approximately ten miles North of Cotulla. Public education in the community is provided by the Cotulla Independent School District.

History

Millett was established in 1881 as a depot on the International-Great Northern Railroad and was originally known as Cibolo Station before later being renamed Millett station.
In 1888 it received the postal designation of Millett in honor of Alonzo Millett, pioneer landowner and first postmaster.
In 1896 the townsite was first surveyed and abundant water was discovered in 1902.
By 1910 Millett reported a census population of 500.
In November 1913 a fire destroyed a large part of the business of the section of the town.
By 1941 the population had lowered to 300 with a total of eight businesses. Plagued by the 1950s drought, Millett entered into a state of rapid decline. It's schoolhouse that had opened in 1898, closed in 1955, the post office close in 1958, and the last business closed in 1960.