Muddy Creek Watershed - Mills of York County

This is a listing of water-powered grist mills located within the Muddy Creek watershed in York County, Pennsylvania.

The Muddy Creek watershed has several tributaries. You can jump to them directly with the following links:

Main Branch
North Branch
Pine Run
Rambo Run
South Branch
Bald Eagle Creek

Mills are listed in order as the water flows.

Muddy Creek Main Branch

The Muddy Creek Main Branch begins at Muddy Creek Forks where the North and South Branches join. This forms the conjunction of Fawn, East Hopewell, and Lower Chanceford Townships. The main branch flows generally eastward until it joins the Susquehanna River where it forms the boundary of Lower Chanceford and Peachbottom Townships.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Manifold’s		Site		Grist	Tom’s Run
D. W. Grove	Hunter/Orson’s	Site	1810	Flour, Grist, Saw	Orson Run
J. Anderson		Site	Pre 1821	Grist, Saw	Fishing Creek (Muddy)
Bryansville	J. F. Gibson	Residence	1820	Residence	Fishing Creek (Muddy)
Castle Fin	Sitler’s, Carver, Kersey	Site	1790	Flour, Grist, Saw, Cider	Muddy Creek
Gemmill’s	John Snyder’s	Site	1840	Flour, Grist, Cider	Trib 07274
McKinley’s	Clayton’s	Site	1850	Flour, Grist, Cider	Trib 07274

Muddy Creek North Branch

The North Branch of the Muddy Creek begins in North Hopewell Township and flows east through Felton until it joins the South Branch at Muddy Creek Forks.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
A. Sechrist		Site		Grist	Trib 07392
J. Sechrist		Site		Grist, Saw	N Branch Muddy Creek
Diehl’s		Residence	1794	Grist	Trib 07395
Fenmore Station	Collins	Site	Pre 1867	Grist	N Branch Muddy Creek
A. S. Warner	G. Sterner	Site		Grist	Trib 07370
High Rock	Lloyd’s	Site	1888	Flour, Grist	N Branch Muddy Creek
Muddy Creek Forks	James Keiser	Museum	1890	Flour, Grist	N Branch Muddy Creek

Pine Run

Pine Run begins in Windsor Township just east of Red Lion. It flows southward until it joins the Muddy Creek North Branch in Felton.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Springvale	Gibson’s	Site	1794	Grist, Saw	Pine Run
Grove Station		Site		Grist	Pine Run
Felton Station	Crumbling	Site	1863	Grist	Pine Run

Rambo Run

Rambo Run is a tributary of the North Branch of the Muddy Creek that begins in East Hopewell Township. It is named for Aaron Rambo, who owned property along this stream in the 19^th century. The stream was also called Hyson run in some deeds.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Hyson		Site	1854	Flour, Grist	Rambo Run
Wallace-Cross		Museum	1840	Grist, Saw, Oil	Trib 07378
Gray Rock	Bacon Mill	Site	1810	Flour	Rambo Run
Walnut Mills	Rambo Mill	Site	c1848	Grist	Rambo Run

Muddy Creek South Branch

The South Branch begins just west of New Park and flows north until it meets the North Branch at Muddy Creek Forks. The old maps call this the Little Muddy Creek.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Liggit		Site		Grist	Trib 07359
Brooks	Garrison / Jacob Grove	Site	1880	Flour, Grist, Saw	Leibs Creek
Grove’s	Lily Valley	Site		Flour	S Branch Muddy Creek
J. G. Liggit	Purdy	Site	Pre 1821	Grist	S Branch Muddy Creek
Ed Miller’s	Grove / Black’s	Site	1815	Grist, Saw, Cider	S Branch Muddy Creek

Bald Eagle Creek

Bald Eagle Creek begins in Fawn Township and flows east and then north until it joins the Muddy Creek at Woodbine.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Garvine’s	Anderson	Storage	1854	Flour, Grist, Cider	Bald Eagle Creek
Schroder’s		Site	c1960	Grist, Cider	Bald Eagle Creek
Woodbine Station	Donnell’s / Wineholt	Residence	1792	Flour, Grist, Saw	Bald Eagle Creek