Millsap By Rebecca Lu
significance, Millsap has also built a well-respected indepenhe city of Millsap, located dent school district that serves on the west side of Parker as the “cornerstone of the comCounty, began as a bustling munity.” Located 15 miles west of business center at the intersecWeatherford and nine miles east tion of the rail line and the United of Mineral Wells, Millsap ISD is a States’ first transcontinental highconvenient 45 minutes from Fort way. As the highway was updated Worth and has approximately 1,000 and businesses began to move students. The schools seek to elsewhere during the 1930s, com“inspire, develop, and educate every merce began to die down and the student in a safe environment to city began to dwindle to become be a productive, responsible citithe small town we see today. zen prepared for lifelong success.” With its above-average test scores, Throughout the years, however, AP classes, partnership with Millsap has been able to retain Weatherford College that allows its rural atmosphere and honor students to obtain college credit its town history through the origwhile still in high school, and plethinal cabin and post office that ora of other opportunities available proudly stand in Heritage Park in for students to take advantage the center of town and the railof, the district partners with the road tracks that still remain to younger generation to empower commemorate its beginnings. them and help them achieve their In addition to retaining its historical dreams through a solid education. The Community News
Millsap Population: 401 Phone: 940-682-7446 Mayor: Jamie French Mayor Pro Tem: Michael Kinman Council Members: Stella Casey Erica Lockhart Chad Martin Alissa McMinn City Manager/Secretary: Ashley Davis City Hall: 208 Fannin Millsap, Texas 76066 Monthly Council Meeting: 7 p.m. last Tuesday of the month, Millsap City Hall, 208 Fannin, Millsap
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