Millfield is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 in northern Dover Township

Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio

Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 2,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Athens County

Athens County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,223 people, 22,501 households, and 12,713 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 24,901 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 45761. It is located near State Route 13 midway between Chauncey

Chauncey, Ohio

Chauncey is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,067 at the 2000 census. The local residents pronounce the village name...

 and Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Ohio

Jacksonville is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 544 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jacksonville is located at , along Sunday Creek....

. Route 13 formerly ran through the community, but a bypass relocated it close by.

Millfield is the home of the largest living white oak tree in the State of Ohio, located on the Ancient Oak Farm owned by the Simpkins family.

The Millfield Mine disaster

Millfield Mine disaster

The Millfield Mine disaster, Ohio's worst mine disaster, occurred November 5, 1930, at the Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine Number 6 in Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio. According to the historical marker at the site in Millfield, Ohio, the explosion killed 82 people, including the company's top...

, the worst mine disaster in Ohio history, occurred at Millfield in 1930.