Milford was officially established in 1864, when J.L. Davison opened the first post office. Milford is located in Seward County, in southeastern Nebraska and is served by U.S. Highway 6 and State Highway 15. A direct highway access connects Milford with I-80, three miles north. Milford is 22 miles west of Lincoln, and 80 miles southwest of Omaha.
Milford is 1,452 feet above sea level and its terrain is level to gently rolling. Loess plains with fertile black soil are predominant in the west and south, with glacial drift hills in the east and north. Drainage is good.
Approximately 302,632 people live within Seward County and the contiguous counties of Butler, Fillmore, Lancaster, Polk, Saline and York.
Basic economic activities of Milford, a college town, include manufacturing, education, agriculture and cattle and hog raising. The primary retail trade area of Milford extends approximately three miles north, two miles, east, five miles south and ten miles west—and contains 3,400 people. Retail firms in the community reported annual net taxable retail sales of $11,024,945 in 1998. Seward County reported net taxable retail sales to be $75,043,381 in 1998.
Available Industrial Site
Site Description
Location 2
miles south of Milford on U.S. Highway 6
Size 23 acres
Characteristics level ground
Current Use agricultural
Utilities
Electricity Seward
County Rural Public Power District; 12,000kV; adjacent site; interconnected
with Nebraska
Public Power District
Natural Gas Not available at site; Aquila serves city
Water Individual well is provided
Sanitary Sewer individual system required
Telecommunications Alltel, digital office
Transportation
Highways U.S. Highway
6 and Nebraska Highway 15 adjacent site; Interstate 80 is 3 1/2 miles
north of site
Railroads Burlington Northern main line 2 miles east of site
Air Service Seward Municipal Airport, 10 miles north of Milford;nearest commercial air service Lincoln Municipal Airport, 22 miles (18 minutes) east; 5 airlines
Owner Milford Economic Development Committee
Price $6,000 per acre
Contacts
David Whitney
Chairperson,
Milford Economic Development Committee, Milford NE
(402) 761-2291
Fax (402) 761-2307
dw34551@alltel.net
Dennis G. Hall CEO,
Economic Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box
499, Columbus NE 68602-0499
(800) 282-6773
(402) 563-5534
Fax (402) 563-5090
dghall@nppd.com
