The village of Milford, Pennsylvania was laid out by John Biddis in 1796, naming the streets after his children and family, and the lanes after his favorite fruits and berries. Some say the name Milford came from Milford Haven in Wales, where John Biddis' father William was born. Others say the Wells' mill and the spot where the Delaware was forded resulted in the name Mill‐Ford.

Judge John Biddis brought his family from the plague‐stricken city of Philadelphia in 1793 to Wells Ferry (as Milford was then called), where he bought a huge tract of land and built a cottage. Immediately, Biddis divided up this land into some 530 lots on streets and service alleys and devised a scheme to market them. He called the village he laid out “Milford.” As an enticement to would‐be investors, he offered two acres outside of town for every lot purchased in town, and also proposed to erect in his envisioned “future seat of justice” an extensive factory for paper and pasteboard on the Sawkill. This plant (located on the site of the current Upper Mill) would become the first in the United States to use wood pulp in paper manufacture. The remnant of this mill has been preserved and is open to the public as a museum adjacent to the Waterwheel cafe.

​​Milford is the County Seat of Pike County, PA with a population of 1,104, in an area of 0.5 square miles and is important as the principle trade and services center to local residents, offering entertainment and community activities. More information on Milford Borough is available on their website and others including Scenic, Wild Delaware.