Milford was originally known as Burnt Mills because of some mills destroyed by fire at an early date. Later, or until about 1810, it was called Lowrytown after the Lowrey family who at one time owned a vast tract of land that took in the present sites of both Milford and Frenchtown. In 1840 the village of Milford had three stores, two saw mills, two churches and forty five dwellings. The bridge spanning the Delaware at this point was built in 1841 at a cost of about $20,000.