Another view of SSA headquarters. The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.
History of the City of Miles. Our little town of Miles was one of the last settlements in Jackson County because of the lack of the two essentials-wood and water. The first record of a settlement where the town now stands was in 1850 when Edwin S.Hatheway entered a quarter section of land.
Sutton, Clay County. Luther French, a widower with eight children, set out alone from Iowa to establish a new home for his family in Nebraska. He arrived March 14, 1870, and is said to be the first to homestead in what now was Clay County.