Millview may have been settled as early as 1783. Millview's history has been closely tied to that of the lumber industry, and the community was once home to as many as six different lumber mills and had a population of 3,000 residents. One of the first recorded sawmills was built in 1868 and could produce up to 35,000 feet of lumber per day. Some of the sawmills that operated in Millview included the Wright Mill, Robinson Mill, Seminole Mill, McLane Mill, New Mill and the Perdido Bay Lumber Company Mill. The Southern States Lumber Company purchased much of the land in Millview after the
Civil War and donated land for a church and school. In February 1913, McLauglin incorporated the
Pensacola, Mobile, and New Orleans Railway, which absorbed the Pensacola, Alabama, and Tennessee and Pensacola and Perdido Railroads. J. B. Johnson and George Robinson both owned sawmills and general stores in Millview and printed their own
scrip for use in their stores. A post office operated under the name Millview from 1872 to 1935. ==Gallery==