# Mills of York County

> by Donald Kautz


## Posts

- [Bentzel's Mill Covered Bridge](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bentzels-mill-covered-bridge/): Do you know where was the last single-span wooden bridge in York County?
- [Stories from Bender's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/stories-from-benders-mill/): Not far from the mouth of the West Branch of the Codorus Creek there was a mill.
- [Cooper's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/coopers-mill/): Yesterday (November 19), the Susquehanna Ramblers invited me to visit the ruins of an old mill site down in the south-east corner of Peach Bottom Township, York County.

## Pages

- [Leppo's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/leppos-mill/): Arnold Sherretz built this mill sometime between 1772 and 1780 when he sold it to his three sons.
- [Clear Spring Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/clear-spring-mill/): Adam Ernst built the first grist mill here in 1809. His son Adam, Jr. took over from his father and then, in 1827 sold it to John Miller.
- [About](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/about/): Donald Kautz grew up, and still lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- [Baker's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bakers-mill/): Built by Daniel Brubaker in 1830, more mills were added during the next twenty years so that, when Samuel Kunkle owned it in 1852, there was a clover mill, carding mill and fulling mill in addition to the original grist and sawmill.
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- [Bentzel's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bentzels-mill/): George Ilgenfritz built the first mill here sometime before he sold it to his son Martin in 1809. The Ilgenfritz mill was constructed of stone two stories high.
- [Meisenhelter's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/meisenhelters-mill/): John Updegraff built the first mill here as early as 1783. Henry Hoffman built the current structure in 1816.
- [Wallace-Cross Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/wallace-cross-mill/): Wallace-Cross Mill is a restored 1826 water-powered grist mill located near Cross Roads, East Hopewell Township.
- [Muddy Creek Forks Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/muddy-creek-forks-mill/): A series of flour mills have operated on this site since at least 1759.
- [Bowser's Cider Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bowsers-cider-mill/): Built by Daniel Gotwalt between 1851 and 1860, it was owned by Samuel Rider in 1881. Later it was converted into a box factory.
- [Neiman's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/neimans-mill/): John Martin Weigle built the first mill in 1738. In about 1770, he built the current mill which is 400 yards south of the first mill.
- [Gordon S. Snyder Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/gordon-s-snyder-mill/): There were three mills along the Codorus Glenville branch that were owned by Snyders.
- [Emig's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/emigs-mill/): Ludwig Speiss built the first mill here in 1777. Jacob and Mary Emig built a new, 2.5-story stone mill in 1825.
- [Biesecker's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bieseckers-mill/): John Stouffer built the first mill here in 1775. Michael Stover built the current mill in 1843.
- [Beaver Creek Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/beaver-creek-mill/): This is a very old mill site. John Lane acquired about one hundred acres in 1767. There was a mill on the site when he sold it to his son, John Jr. in 1775.
- [Gobrecht's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/gobrechts-mill/): One mile north of Abbottstown, near where the Protectory Road crosses the Beaver Creek is the site of Gobrecht’s mill.
- [Mills by Name](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/mills-by-name/): The following is an alphabetic list of pages of information about mills that are still standing today.
- [Ort's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/orts-mill/): This mill was allegedly built by George Emig in 1783 but there is some evidence to suggest that Philip Altland built a hemp mill here in 1731.
- [Eisenhart's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/eisenharts-mill/): Grant Voaden wrote that Joseph Latshaw built this mill between 1755 and 1760 but there are no recorded deeds to back this up.
- [Hykes' Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/hykes-mill/): The first mill on this site was built in 1787 by Martin Shetter. Jacob S. Bear built the current structure in 1849.
- [Detter's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/detters-mill/): This is an early mill site that dates back to the colonial era. There was also a tavern here in those times.
- [Jacob Bare's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/jacob-bares-mill/): Jacob Bare built this mill on the Fishing Creek in 1835.
- [Boyer's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/boyers-mill/): John Mish was the first to build a mill here in about 1810. The mill had several different owners until John Boyer purchased the property in 1851.
- [Glen Rock Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/glen-rock-mill/): Built as a woolen mill by William Heathcote in 1837, it was converted to a grist and flour mill in 1852 by Philip Sheffer.
- [Brodbeck's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/brodbecks-mill/): Jacob Sheffer built the first mill at this location sometime around 1830. Joshua Kent built the current structure in 1860.
- [Bortner's Flour Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bortners-flour-mill/): Adam Bortner built this mill during the Civil War era, and it remained in the Bortner family until it closed in the early 20th century.
- [Menges Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/menges-mill/): This is one of the early mill seats in York County. As a matter of fact, the first mill here predates the county.
- [Glades Road Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/glades-road-mill/): This building housed the Smyser Distillery many years ago. The distillery closed during the prohibition era.
- [Mundis Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/mundis-mill/): This mill, like the Loucks mill above is a very early mill site.
- [Samuel Myers Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/samuel-myers-mill/): The first mill at this location predates 1771 when Philip Jacob King aquired the property. Samuel Myer (aka Myers) bought it in 1795. The P. A. & S.
- [Bair's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/bairs-mill/): The first mill here was built by an unknown Strickler in about 1735 making this one of the earliest mills in York County.
- [Willow Grove Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/willow-grove-mill/): Martin Shultz built the first mill here around 1740. Zachariah K. Loucks owned this mill in 1878. Elwood O. Sprenkle was the last to run the mill.
- [Libhart Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/libhart-mill/): Henry Leiphart built a sawmill here around 1750. Twenty years later he built a grist mill. Operations ended in 1926.
- [Miller's Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/millers-mill/): Henry Tyson built this mill in 1790. It became known as Miller's Mill when Michael Miller purchased it in 1839.
- [Steinfelt Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/steinfelt-mill/): Eli Kindig built this mill in approximately 1850. John Stinefelt assumed ownership in 1892 and ran the mill until operations ended in 1910.
- [Small's Codorus Mill](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/smalls-codorus-mill/): Philip A. and Samuel Small built the first mill here in 1835 at the location of lock #3 on the Codorus Canal. P. A. & S.
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- [Gunpowder Falls Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/gunpowder-falls-watershed/): Gunpowder Falls begins in Manheim Township about a mile north of the Maryland line and flows south-east through Maryland until it flows into the Gunpowder River near Baltimore where it becomes part of the Chesapeake Bay.
- [Deer Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/deer-creek-watershed/): Deer Creek begins in Shrewsbury and flows south-east into Maryland where it eventually flows into the Susquehanna River just below the Conowingo Dam.
- [Other Susquehanna Tributaries](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/other-susquehanna-tributaries/): This is a collection of smaller tributaries of the Susquehanna River, bordering York County, PA, which have fewer than three mills on each stream.
- [Otter Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/otter-creek-watershed/): Otter Creek, also called “Rapid Creek”, originates in Chanceford Township and flows east and southeast until it joins the Susquehanna just north of York Furnace.
- [Fishing Creek (South) Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/fishing-creek-south-watershed/): There are three Fishing Creeks in York County. The southern Fishing Creek originates west of Red Lion and enters the Susquehanna east of Craley.
- [Cabin Creek](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/cabin-creek/): The Cabin Creek, also known as the Cabin Branch Creek, begins in Windsor Township and flows into the Susquehanna at Long Level.
- [Muddy Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/muddy-creek-watershed/): This is a listing of water-powered grist mills located within the Muddy Creek watershed in York County, Pennsylvania.
- [Kreutz Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/kreutz-creek-watershed/): This is a listing of water-powered grist mills located in the Kreutz Creek watershed in York County, Pennsylvania.
- [Codorus Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/codorus-creek-watershed/): This is a listing of water-powered grist mills located within the Codorus Creek watershed in York County, Pennsylvania.
- [Mills by Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/mills-by-watershed/): This is a list of water-powered mills in York County, Pennsylvania, organized by watershed.
- [Conewago Creek Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/conewago-creek-watershed/): The name Conewago is a Lenape word meaning “at the rapids” or possibly “long reach”.
- [Fishing Creek (North) Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/fishing-creek-north-watershed/): There are three Fishing Creeks in York County.
- [Yellow Breeches Watershed](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/yellow-breeches-watershed/): The Yellow Breeches Creek forms the northern boundary of York County. It flows into the Susquehanna River at New Market.
- [York County Water-Powered Mills](https://millsofyorkcounty.com/): This site features the water-powered grist mills of York County Pennsylvania.

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