List of windmills in the United States
This is a list of traditional windmills in the United States.
Locations
Arizona
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott | Iron Turbine mill 34°32′30″N 112°28′27″W / 34.54167°N 112.47417°W |
Iron windpump | 1876 |  |
California
| San Francisco | Murphy Mill | Smock | 1905 | Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin Windmill World |
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| San Francisco | Dutch Mill | Tower | 1902 | Windmill World |  |
| Solvang | Smock |  |
Florida
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Beach | Carl Fisher Casino | Tower | 1920[1] | 1926[1] |
Illinois
Further information: List of windmills in Illinois
Indiana
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendalville | Robertson Mill | Post | 2000[2] | Replica of Robertson Mill, Williamsburg, Virginia[2] |
Iowa
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Horn | Danish Mill | Smock | 1976[3] | Built in 1848 at Nørre-Snede, Denmark. Dismantled 1975 and re-erected at Elk Horn in 1976.[3] | |
| Pella | Vermeer Mill | Smock | 2002[4] |  |
Kansas
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reamsville | Smock | 1879[5] | Moved to Smith Center, 1938[5] | ||
| Smith Center | Old Dutch Mill 39°46.85′N 98°47.04′W / 39.78083°N 98.78400°W |
Smock | 1938[5] | ||
| Wamego | Old Dutch Mill 39°12′13″N 96°18′08″W / 39.20361°N 96.30222°W |
Tower | 1925[6] | ||
| near Wamego (12 miles (19 km) north of town) | Tower | 1879[6] | Dismantled 1925 and re-erected at Wamego.[6] |
Maine
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anson | Bailey Farm mill 44°51′45″N 69°55′49″W / 44.86250°N 69.93028°W |
1905 | |||
| Castine | Hatch's Mill | c1800[7] | 1815[7] |
Massachusetts
Further information: List of windmills in Massachusetts
Michigan
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn | Greenfield Mill | Smock | 1660 in Massachusetts | Windmill World |  |
| Holland | De Zwaan | Smock | 1761 in the Netherlands |  |
Minnesota
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mankato | Seppman Mill 44°09′44″N 94°06′08″W / 44.162188°N 94.102180°W |
Tower | 1864 | Located in Minneopa State Park |  |
Missouri
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | Bevo Mill | Smock |  |
New Jersey
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Township | Volendam Mill 40°35′48″N 75°09′50″W / 40.5966°N 75.1639°W |
Smock |
New Mexico
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriarty | Eclipse mill 34°59′48″N 106°04′55″W / 34.99667°N 106.08194°W |
1890 |
New York
Further information: List of windmills in New York
Rhode Island
Further information: List of windmills in Rhode Island
South Dakota
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milbank | Holland Grist Windmill 45°13′18″N 96°37′10″W / 45.22167°N 96.61944°W |
Smock mill | 1882 | Windmill World |  |
Tennessee
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | McKenzie mill 35°21′23″N 84°54′55″W / 35.35639°N 84.91528°W |
Iron windpump | 1931 |
Texas
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | Canon Ranch mill 30°44′44″N 101°58′30″W / 30.74556°N 101.97500°W |
Iron windpump | 1898 | ||
| Victoria | Victoria Mill 28°48′04″N 97°00′05″W / 28.80111°N 97.00139°W |
Smock | 1870 |  |
Vermont
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alburgh | Tower | c1731[7] | Standing 1749[7] |
Virginia
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowerdew Hundred | Flowerdew Hundred Mill | 1612[8] | |||
| Flowerdew Hundred | Flowerdew Hundred Mill | Post | 1978[9] | ||
| Williamsburg | Robertson Mill | Post | 1621[10] | Standing in 1723.[10] | |
| Williamsburg | Robertson Mill[9] | Post | |||
| Yorktown | Buckner′s Mill | Smock | 1711 [11] | Destroyed by tornado in late 19th century | |
| Yorktown | Akers′ Mill | Smock | 2011 [12] | Reconstruction of William Buckner′s Mill near original site | |
Washington
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane | Cambern Mill 47°38′43″N 117°23′20″W / 47.64528°N 117.38889°W |
1929 |
Wisconsin
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior | Davidson Mill 46°38′56″N 91°54′21″W / 46.64889°N 91.90583°W |
Smock | 1900[13] | Eight sails[13] | |
| Little Chute | Little Chute Windmill 44°17′3″N 88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W |
Smock | Under Construction by Verbij Hoogmade BV | ||
| Waupun | Waupun Dutch Windmill 44°17′3″N 88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W |
Smock |
Notes
Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources
Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is the Windmill World website.
References
- 1 2 "Carl Fisher casino, Miami Beach, Florida". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 "Robertson Post Windmill". Mid-America Windmill Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 "Windmill History". The Danish Windmill. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ↑ "Vermeer Mill & Interpretive Center". Pella Historical Village. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.
- ↑ "ABRAHAM PEIRSEY of JAMESTOWNE, VIRGINIA". Paul E. Pennebaker. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 "Windmills of Virginia". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- 1 2 "The Miller and the Windmill". Colonial Williamsburg. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ↑ Walt Akers. "Historic References to the Yorktown Windmill". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Yorktown Windmill Project". Twisted Oaks Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- 1 2 "Davidson Windmill". Waymarking. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
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