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| This county was created and organized in 1887 from portions of Lampasas, Hamilton, Brown and
Comanche Counties. It was named in honor of a Judge of District Court, John T. Mills during the Republic of Texas.
In 1882 the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad had been completed as far as Lampasas, and was extended as far
as Brownwood at the beginning of 1886. It was the emigration following the line of this railroad that was the chief
factor in bringing about the creation of a separate county north of the Colorado River and between the present
Counties of Lampasas and Brown. Mills County was therefore well settled and occupied before its organization, and
at the first census, in 1890, had a population of 5,493. In 1900 the population was 7,851; and in 1910, 9,694.
A considerable number of Germans have colonized in Mills County.
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The two important towns are Goldthwaite, the county seat, and Mullin.
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