Millerton, New York. Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States with a population of 958 at the 2010 census. The village was named after Sidney Miller, a railroad contractor who helped the people of that area with the introduction of the railroad system.
While it was the 18th Amendment that established Prohibition, it was the Volstead Act (passed on October 28, 1919) that clarified the law. The Volstead Act stated that beer, wine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors meant any beverage that was more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified and implemented in 1919. One aspect of the Prohibition Amendment that is particularly interesting is that it was created to suit the time. It is also the only Amendment that has been repealed.