In what Indiana town was Wilbur Wright born in 1867?

Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana, in 1867.

He was born on April 16, 1867, to Milton Wright, a bishop, and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright. The family later moved frequently because of Milton Wright’s church work, eventually settling in Dayton, Ohio, where Wilbur and his siblings grew up.

Wilbur is sometimes described simply as a Dayton native because Dayton was the family’s long-term home and the place where the brothers developed their bicycle business and aviation experiments. However, his birthplace was Millville, a small community in Wayne County, Indiana.

Orville Wright, his younger brother and future aviation partner, was born in Dayton in 1871. The brothers’ different birthplaces are a useful way to distinguish their early biographies.