Milano is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Route 79 and State Highway 36, 12 miles southeast of Cameron, the county seat. Its population was 390 at the 2020 census.
On November 5, 1960, country music singer Johnny Horton was killed by a drunk driver on Highway 79 near Milano on his way home from a performance at the Skyline Club in Austin.
Geography
Milano is located at (30.709190, –96.863420).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.15% is covered by water.
History
The International-Great Northern Railroad Company laid out the original site of Milano in 1874, about 1-1/2 mi west of the city's present site. A United States post office opened there the same year. Soon, a Baptist church was also established in the area. The community around Milano became a voting precinct in 1880.
thumb|left|230px|Hudson Store in Milano, Texas (around 1900)
Local sources offer several possibilities for the origin of the name "Milano". One story suggests that the town was simply named after Milan, Italy, because of similarities in the climate, but truly, the climate of Milan in Northern Italy, is cold and continental; another says that the name was supposed to have been "Milam", but the United States Post Office Department either got it wrong or changed it intentionally because another Milam, Texas, already existed.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Milano had a population of 390 and a median age of 37.4 years. About 26.4% of residents were under 18 and 15.1% were 65 or older.
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|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 317 || 81.3%
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| Black or African American || 23 || 5.9%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0 || 0.0%
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| Asian || 1 || 0.3%
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| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 31 || 7.9%
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| Two or more races || 18 || 4.6%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 64 || 16.4%
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2000 census
As of the 2000 census,