Shenandoah County Mills
Grist, Chop & Saw Mills





Adams, Jackson, Saw Mill.

Adams, John, Saw Mill.

Allen, Benjamin, Mill, Mill Creek, Mt. Jackson.
"Benjamin Allen apparently acquired land at or near Mt. Jackson at an early date and built a mill there.  Thomas Lewis' journal, written in 1746, tells of running the Fairfax Line across the head of Benjamin Allen's mill creak.  Now this creek is called Mill Creek." ( from the Shenandoah Valley Herald).

Allen, Davis,  Saw Mill.

Allensworth, James.

Andrick, Joseph Jr..

Arthur, John,  Saw Mill.

Baker, Ananias.

Baker, Milton H. & Tobias B., Grist Mill,  Powell's Fort Valley,  Operating 1885.

Barb,  Adam Jr.,  Saw Mill.

Beam's, Jacob,  Mill, Cedar Creek??

Bird's, Andrew,  Mill.

Blackford, Arthur, Saw Mill.

Blauser, Jacob,  Saw Mill.

Borden's flour mill and stave mill,  Toms Brook,  Burned 1918.  Pictures of this mill have been published.
Picture of Borden's Mill at Toms Brook

Bowman, George, Mill (Breakbills Mill), ca 1753,  Cedar Creek, Near the old Valley Pike.

Bowman, Grace,  Mill, Grist & Saw, Cedar Creek (Part of operation in Warren County).  Water powered.  Little remains.

Bowman, Isaac,  Mill, (Stickley Mill) Saw Mill, Cedar Creek.  Water powered.  Near the old Valley Pike.  Some standing ruins.

Bowman, Isaac M..

Boyer's Mill, Cedar Creek.  (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Boyer's Mill, ca 1850-1881, Mine Run, Fort Valley.  Passage Creek.

Boyer, B. F. Mill, ca 1877, Fort Valley.

Brewbaker, John.

Bridges, Edward.

Broomborcks, (John Brumback)   Saw Mill.

Buck, John,  Saw Mill.

Bulger's (Cunningham's) Mill, Cedar Creek.  Near Coal Mine Road.

Butt, John M..

Cagy, Henry,  Saw Mill.

Circles Mill.  Shenandoah River.  Some remains.  North of New Market.

Clanahan, W. J., Mill, Rinkerton.

Coffman, Augustin.

Coffman, Benjamin F..

Colvin's Mill, Cedar Creek, Near Hite's Ford.

Copperstone, Jacob,  Saw Mill.

Coverston, J. P., (Munch?), Mine Run Furnace,  Operating 1885.

Crabill, David, Flour mill, Burned by Sheridan.  East of Valley Pike.  Toms Brook.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

Croudson's Mill.

Cunningham, Adam, Mill.

Danner's Mill.

Downey's Saw Mill.  Stoney Creek.  Edinburg.

Erb, Levi.

Farmer's Mill Co, Mt. Jackson, Mill Creek. Still standing.

Farmers Mill, North of Woodstock, Shenandoah River.  In 1832 known as Coffman's Mill.

Fisher, David C..

Fisher, N. J.,  Grist Mill,   Now Tumbling Run (Earlier, Funks Mill Run.)  John Funk Mill earlier.   Water powered.  Little remains. Operating 1885.  A dam was built upstream during the early 1900s and the mill was used to generate electricity.  A large pipe was used to convey water from the dam to the mill at that time.  The dam is still standing.  Fishers Hill.  Mill apparently taken down after it's use for electrical generation no longer practical ca 1930s. Corrected

Foltz, Joshua, Sr.,  Saw Mill.

Forestville Mill.
Picture of Forestville Mill

Forrer, Samuel,  Saw Mill.

Forrer, Christian,  Saw Mill.

Funks, Justice,  Grist Mill, Strasburg Town Run.  Located south of Strasburg, ca 1740s.  Water powered. Little remains.

Funk, Henry,  Mill, Cedar Creek.

Funk, John,  Mill, Funks Mill Run, (Now Tumbling Run), Fisher's Hill.  Located near the Valley Pike, (Philadelphia Road) ca 1743.    Water powered. (See Fisher, N. J. above).

Fulling Mill, Toms Brook.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

George, John.

Grandstaff, George, Mill, (George W. Ring).  Stoney Creek.  Standing in good condition.  Built 1848.  Edinburg.

Golladay, Samuel.

Hanbaugh's Mill.

Hamman, George M..

Harmon's Mill, ca 1820, Near Joppa, Fort Valley.

Helsley, Peter Mill, Swover Creek, Saw mill. Near St. Jacob's Church, south of Conicville.

Hites Mill, Cedar Creek, Near Hite's Ford.  (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Hottel, Eli.

Hottel, Elias.

Hottel, Henry.

Hottel, Joseph.

Hottel's Mill, Toms Brook.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

Hottel's Mill, Cedar Creek and Meadow Brook.  (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Hottel, William A..

Hottle, Andrew.

Hottle, Joseph.

Hottle, Luther, Grist Mill, Toms Brook,  Operating 1885.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

Hottle, Nathaniel.

Hottle and Painters Mill.

Hottel, Smith & Co., Grist Mill,  Woodstock,  Operating 1885.

Hottle, Wm. H., Grist Mill,  Woodstock,  Operating 1885.

Huddle, Henry,  Grist Mill, Stony Creek.

Humberts Mill.

Hutchinson, Joseph F..

Keller, Jacob,  Saw Mill.

Keller's W.. M.,  Mill.

Keller Mill (Baker's Mill) (Robinson's Roller Mill), ca 1810, Fort Valley.

Kendal, Carthage, Saw Mill.

Knicely Mill, (McInturff Mill) (Clem Mill), ca 1820, Fort Valley.

Kronk, James K..

Lantz MIl, Stony Creek, West of Edinburg.

Link's Mill, (Site of Zane's, Wisecarver's, Brill's Mill) Cedar Creek.  Near Back Road.  (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Lindamond, T. A. Mill.  1827.  Good condition.  (Arbogast).  Grist & Saw.  Southwest of New Market near Shenandoah River.  Spring water supplied.

Maloney's Mill, Cedar Creek, West of Old Factory Road.

Mainor, B. G., New Market,  Operating 1885.

Manor's Mill, North fork, Shenandoah River.
"The large flour mills, generally known as Manor's Mill, situated on the north fork of the Shenandoah River, owned and operated by the Riverdale Mills, Inc. were destroyed by fire early March 26 (1926).  The damage done stands between $50,000 and $55,000, partially covered by insurance.  The mill had reached a capacity of 200 barrels of flour per 24 hours." (from the Shenandoah Herald).

Maphis, Joseph.

Maphis Mill, Mill Creek, Mt. Jackson, Destroyed by fire.
"Two large flour mills located at Mt. Jackson were powered by water from Mill Creek.  These were Triplett's mill and Maphis' Mill.  Just above Maphis' Mill was a carding mill, and about a mile above the carding mill was the Rinker mill." (from the Shenandoah Valley Herald).

Mathew's (Timberlake's & Maslin's) Mill, Cedar Creek, (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Mauck, John,  Mill, East of the Valley Pike, Included a grist Mill, sawmill, woolen mill and tan yard,  Included a dam.  Toms Brook.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

Mauck, Robert, Grist Mill, Little Hawksbill Creek.

McInturff, Addison.

McInturff, John, Sawmill, ca 1848, Fort Valley.

McKay, Enos, Grist Mill, Big Hawksbill.

Moore, Joseph, (George), Moore's Store.

Moore, John, Mill Creek, Five miles west of it's confluence with the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  Located on the South bank.  Some remnants.  Chopping mill stood on opposite bank of Mill Creek.  Undershot water wheel.  Later operated by Peter Swartz.

Morgans, John,  Mill.

Mowery, George.  Forestville.   Also called the Forestville Mill.
"George Mowery bought the land and the mill in 1817.  Mr. Zirkle evidently built the mill soon after he came to Forestville but some claim Mr. Mowery rebuilt it.  As of 1925, the mill was still used for making flour and doing grinding.  In 1831 the 44 acres and the mill were sold to Jacob Bowers and Michael Neese and two years later Mr. Bowers became sole owner" (from the pages of the Shenandoah Herald).
Picture of Mowery Mill

Mt. Airy Mills.  Shenandoah River.  South of Mt. Jackson.

Munch, Peter, Mill,  Mine Run, ca 1790, sold to Coverstone ca 1810.  Powell's Fort Valley (Massanutten Valley).

Munche's  Mill,  ca 1812, Passage Creek, Fort Valley. (probably a variation of the spelling of Munch).

Neff's Mill.  Grist Mill.  Saw Mill.  Little remains.  Shenandoah River.  Shown 1832.  South of Mt. Jackson.

Neff, Samuel.

Paddy's Mill, Paddy's Mill Run, Cedar Creek Valley.

Painter, Lemuel.

Painter's Mill.

Pelton Mill, Fort Valley.

Pence's, Henry,  Mill, Little Hawksbill.

Pennywitt, John, Mill Creek, West of Near Mt. Jackson near Rinkerton.

Pifer, Levi P..

Pitman, Lawrence, Red Banks Mill, Near Old Valley Pike south of Edinburg on Shenandoah River.  No remains.  (Kagley & Miller Grist & Saw Mill 1885).

Ridings, Jacob P..

Rinkers Mill, Mill Creek, Grist and Saw, Rinkerton

Riverdale Mill, (see Manor Mill).

Rinkers Mill, Shenandoah River, Mt. Jackson.
"The Rinker Mill also ground feed and flour and had an adjacent sawmill.  Behind Vehrencamp's (in present-day Mt. Jackson) Tom Moore had a cabinet shop powered by the Shenandoah River.  Mr. Moore's water wheel was unique in that it ran under the water in a horizontal plane rather than in the overhead, vertical manner of most water wheels." (from the pages of the Shenandoah Valley Herald).

Road, Joseph,  Mill.

Rogers, A. J.,  Grist & Saw mill, Cedar Creek.

Runker's Mill.  Shenandoah River.  No remains.  Mt. Jackson..

Sheetz, Jacob,  Grist Mill, Narrow Passage Creek, South of Woodstock,
The Shenandoah Valley Herald published March 11, 1998, a picture of the site of the Sheetz Mill.  The caption reads, "......Sheetz mill stood on Narrow Passage Creek three miles west of Woodstock.  The cornerstone reads "built by J. Sheetz, Sept. 28, 1811."  It escaped being burned during the Civil War.  It was a water powered grist mill .......  Only a part of the stone foundation is remaining today off the Sheetz Mill Road.  ......".

Shuk's, Jabetz, Cedar Creek.

Sinks Mill.

Smith's (Cedar Grove) Mill, Cedar Creek.  (Frederick, Shenandoah County Border).

Smooker's Mill.  Toms Brook Run,  1831 - .......   East of Toms Brook.
Picture of a Mill at Toms Brook

Smootz, Jacob.

Smoot, T. A. Mill,  Alonzaville,  Operating 1885.

Smootz, W. D., Grist & Saw Mill, Tumbling Run, Fishers Hill. Operating 1985.

Snapp's, Jacob,  Mill, near Zanes' Road, Cedar Creek.

Snapp, Lawrence,  Mill, Tumbling Run.

Sonner, Philip Peter, Fisher's Hill.

Sonafrank, Abraham,  Saw Mill.

Spanglers, Anthony,  Mill, Grist Mill, Cedar Spring Run,  Strasburg, Route 11 South of Strasburg, Built 1797.  Water powered.  Standing in good repair. Artz Mill.  This mill, it is written, survived the Civil War because the Union Troop used it to mill grain for their use.
Picture of Spangler Mill

Spengler, Peter A.

Stickley, P. B.,  Saw & Grist Mill, Shenandoah River, Water powered.  Three miles south of Strasburg,  Operating 1885.

Stoner, Abraham Mill, (Kellers Mill) Funks Mill Run (Tumbling Run), Also included a U.S. Post Office at one time.  Dam was destroyed by flood about 1936.  Mill was then converted to electric power.  Fishers Hill, Virginia.
Picture of Stoner, Keller Mill

Stonewall Mill, 1830-1935  Shenandoah River north of Woodstock.  Pictures of the standing mill have been published.
"At Stonewall dam just north of Woodstock where Pugh's Run enters the Shenandoah River stood the old Stonewall mill.  The mill toady is little more than a stone foundation.  It is gone, lost to time, and the roof has fallen into the mill race." (from the Shenandoah Valley Herald).
Picture of the remains of Stonewall Mill
Picture of Stonewall Mill

Stover, John, Mill, Shenandoah River.  Water powered.  Some walls partially standing.  North of Woodstock at Pugh's Run.
Picture of the remains of John Stover's Mill

 Swartz, Jacob H..

Swartz, Phillip.

Thomas Mill.

Triplett Mill, Mill Creek, Mt. Jackson.
"Two large flour mills located at Mt. Jackson were powered by water from Mill Creek.  These were Triplett's mill and Maphis' Mill.  Just above Maphis' Mill was a carding mill, and about a mile above the carding mill was the Rinker mill." (from the Shenandoah Valley Herald).

Triplett, J. I., Valley Star Flour Mill,  East of Woodstock on Shenandoah River,  Operating 1903.

Valentine, John,  Saw Mill,  Grist Mill.

Varner, Philip,  Saw Mill,  Grist Mill.

Veach (Veache) Bone Mill, ca 1871, Fort Valley.

Vincent, Joseph F. Edinburg,  Operating 1885.

Vincent, Joseph W..

Voltz, Joshua,  Mill, Cedar Creek??

Wakeman's Mill, Shenandoah River.

Weaver's Mill.

Wegman's MIll, Shenandoah River.

Willis, Hiram.

Wissen, Edward B.

Wissen, Isaac

Whissen's Mill, Stony Creek.  Last used as a electric power plant.  Destroyed by fire 1913.  Little remains.  Edinburg.  Pictures of this mill have been published.
 Pictue of Whissen's Mill at Edinburg

Whitmier, Christian.

Whitmier, Levi.

Wittington's Mill, Cedar Creek, Cedar Creek Valley.

Zirkles, Andrew,  Mill, Forestville.
Sold to George Mowery 1817.
Picture of Zirkles Mill

Zirkles Mill.  Shenandoah River.  Listed 1832.  Saw & Grist.  (Manors Mill)  Used as a electric power plant early 1900s.  Burned 1928.  Some remains.  West of New Market.

 ______________ Chop & Saw Mill, Fisher's Hill, Tumbling Run.

______________ Grist Mill, Edinburg, Stony Creek.

______________ Grist Mill, Forestville, Holman's Creek.


Trying to compile a list of Grist and Saw mill that operated in Shenandoah County
Any contributions of data would be appreciated.


This data is taken from various sources that cover a period from about 1800-1885.  While a great number of mills are not noted, some may be mentioned more than once because they passed down through a number of owners.
 Updated March 10, 1999