Miles Station was first known as Providence settlement but later the name was changed to honor Johathan Rice Miles and is located in Brighton Township. Alexander Miles was a native of North Carolina. He was married in Tennessee to Mary Irvin, a Georgia native, and settled his family in Brighton Township, Macoupin County in 1832, where they lived and died. . . Read more in MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS HISTORY & FAMILIES available in our genealogy library or through this website.