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Adair County Bahlman and Mathes's Mill, Fontanelle (built 1881) Beaman and Thomas's Mill, Harrison Township (built 1870) Chamberlain's Mill, Jefferson Township (built 1879) Easton's Steam Sawmill, Jefferson Township (built 1858) Fontanelle Roller Mills, Fontanelle (operating in 1939) Greenfield Grist Mill, Greenfield Township Heacock and Delaney's Mill, Summit Township (built 1875) Hollingworth's Mill, Jefferson Township (built 1874) Johnson's Grist Mill, Washington Township Kearney's Grist Mill, Greenfield Township (built 1884) McCollom's Steam Sawmill, Jefferson Township (built 1866) Middle River Grist Mill, Jefferson Township (built 1874) Summit Township Flour Mill Vawter's Steam Mill, Jackson Township (built 1859) Adams County Lehnen Brothers' Mill, Corning (operating in 1909) Mt. Etna Mill, Middle Nodaway River (stood until 1922) Thomas's Mill, Corning (operating in 1890) Allamakee County Blain's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Bluff Springs Mill, Paint Creek Township Buckland Mill, Yellow River Burnham's Mill, Franklin Township Dawson's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Denemore's Mill, Center Township (operating in 1879) Deucher's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Dorchester's Mill, Waterloo Township (built 1856) Eagle Mills, Village Creek Ferris Mill, Hanover Township (before 1875) Gibson's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Haney's Mill, Lansing Creek Hardin's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Harper's Ferry Mill, Bulgers Creek Hirt's Mill, French Creek Iverson's Mill, Paint Creek Township (built 1852) "Jeff Davis Mill", Yellow River (operating in 1831) Keppler's Mill, Lansing Creek McMillan's Mill, French Creek Township Maloney's Mill, Fairview Township (operating in 1858) Manchester Mill, Yellow River Myron Mill, Yellow River Newcomb's Mill, Linton Township (before 1859) Quandahl Mill, Quandahl Rose's Mill, Lafayette Township (built 1853) Rossville Mill, Jefferson Township Staudinger's Mill, Linton Township (operating in 1868) Tangeman's Mill, Volney (operating in 1872) Village Creek Flouring Mill, Village Creek (built 1853) Village Creek Union Mills, Village Creek Village Creek Woolen Mill, Village Creek (built 1865) Waterloo Mills, Waterloo Township (operating in 1870) Waterville Mill, Paint Creek Township Waukon Flour Mills, Waukon Waukon Woolen Mills, Waukon Werhan's Mill, Franklin Township (before 1859) Whaley and Topliff's Mill, Village Creek (before 1852) Appanoose County Bradley and Wells's Mill, Centerville (operating 1898) Hibb's Sawmill, Franklin Township (built 1853) Stratton's Hand Mill (built about 1845) Well's Mill Audubon County Countryman's Sawmill, Troublesome Creek (built 1853) Exira Roller Mills, Exira (built 1898) Green and Burnham's Sawmill (built about 1859) Kuhn & Culver's Mill, Audubon Pearl's Sawmill, Oakfield (built about 1858) Benton County Belle Plaine Flour Mill, Belle Plaine Belle Plaine Planing Mill, Belle Plaine Eagle Mills, Vinton (built 1870) Royal and Charles's Mill, Mud Creek Young's Flour Mill, Vinton (built 1857) Black Hawk County Carson and Whitaker's Sawmill Cedar Falls Oatmeal Company, Cedar Falls (built 1878) Cedar Falls Union Mills Dayton Flour Mill, Cedar Falls Derr's Steam Sawmill Eggus's Mill, Waterloo (built 1854) Elwell's Mill, Big Creek Township (built about 1865) Finchford Mill, Finchford Hosford and Miller's Sawmill Master's Sawmill (built about 1855) Overman and Brown's Mill, Cedar Falls (built 1848) Sturgis's Mill, Cedar Falls (built about 1845) Turner's Grist Mill, Big Creek Township (built in 1856) Washburn's Grist Mill (built about 1865) Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union Mills (operating in 1898) Boone County Carlson Milling Company, Boone (operating in 1898) Cassel and Dalander's Sawmill, Madrid (built 1855) Elk Rapids Milling Company, Elk Rapids (built 1850) Kinney's Mill, Yell Township (operating in 1852) Messmore and Stover's Flour Mill, Madrid (built about 1870) Ogden Mill Company, Ogden (built 1874) Bremer County Frederika Flour Mill, Frederika (operating in 1883) Janesville Flour Mill, Janesville (built 1859) Leroy Sawmill, Leroy (built 1855) Martin's Sawmill, Tripoli (built 1853) Miller's Mill, Dayton Township (built 1876) Rima's Sawmill, Frederika (built 1855) Waverly City Flour Mills, Waverly (built 1866) Waverly Woolen Mills, Waverly (built 1861) White Swan Flour Mills, Waverly (operating in 1883) Buchanan County Fairbank Mill, Fairbank (built about 1855) Hazelton Mill, Hazelton Littleton Mill, Littleton (built about 1856) New Haven Mills, Independence (built 1854) Otterville Mill, Otterville Quasqueton Mill, Quasqueton (burned in 1880) Buena Vista County Blake's Mill, Sioux Rapids (built 1870) Sioux Rapids Mill Company (operating in 1898) Butler County Clarksville Mill, Clarksville (built 1856) Mather Machine Works, Clarksville (operating in 1939) Parkersburg Flour Mill, Parkersburg (built 1879) Rockland Mill, Shell Rock (built 1870) Shell Rock Mill, Shell Rock (built 1857) Wanatah Flour Mill, Greene (built 1875) Calhoun County Lake City Roller Mills, Lake City Oxenford's Mill, Lake City (operating in 1898) Rockwell City Flour Mill, Rockwell City Smith and Oxenford's Mill, Coon River (built 1855) White Lily Flour Mill, Lake City Carroll County Breed and Baumhover's Mill, Carroll (built 1876) Carroll Roller Mills, Carroll (operating in 1909) Doud Milling Company, Manning (operating in 1939) Grant City Mill, Grant Township (destroyed 1882) Cass County Atlantic Mill & Elevator, Atlantic (operating in 1939) Atlantic Steam Flour Mill, Atlantic (operating in 1883) Griswold Milling Company, Griswold (operating in 1939) Kerr and Torbert's Mill, Griswold (built 1883) Lewis Flour Mill, Lewis (built 1856) Massena Mill Company, Massena (operating in 1939) Northgrave's Mill, Benton Township (built 1870) Stewart's Flour Mill, Reno (built 1867) Cedar County Beltz's Mill Brisbane's Mill, Springdale Township Dean's Mill, Rock Creek Durant Roller Mills, Durant (operating in 1939) Dwingan's Mill, Rock Creek Ferguson's Mill (Red Oak Mill), Rock Creek Freeman's Mill, Sugar Creek (built 1838) Friend's Mill, Rock Creek Kurtz's Mill, Clear Creek Porter's Little Savior Hand Mill (used in 1838) Porter's Mill, Crooked Creek Shearer's Mill (burned in 1886) Sugar Creek Mills Cerro Gordo County Clear Lake Flour Mill, Willow Creek (built 1869) Kuppinger's Mill, Mason City, Lime Creek (built 1855) Lincoln or Red Mill, Lime Creek (built 1882) Parker's Mill, Mason City, Willow Creek (before 1878) Plymouth Mill, Shell Rock River (built 1875) Portland Mill, Lime Creek (built 1870) Rock Falls Mill, Shell Rock River (operating in 1910) Wheelerwood Mill, Lime Creek (built 1878) Cherokee County Cherokee Flouring Mills or Old White Mill (built 1871) Chickasaw County Chickasaw Mill, Little Cedar River (built 1855) Greenwood Mill, Little Cedar River Nashua Mill, Cedar River New Hampton Mill, New Hampton (operating in 1939) Clarke County Osceola Flour Mills, Osceola (operating in 1883) Painter's Flour Mill, Osceola (built 1884) Raymond and Kelly's Flour Mill, Osceola (built 1868) Clay County Adam's Flour Mill, Spencer Gillets Grove Sawmill, Gillets Grove (built 1872) Kirchner's Sawmill, Little Sioux River, Peterson (built 1869) Marcellus's Mill, Little Sioux River, Spencer (built 1869) Peterson Grist Mill, Little Sioux River, Peterson (built 1872) Spencer Steam Roller Mills, Spencer Clayton County Boardman's Sawmill, Dry Mill Branch (built 1837) Bowen's Sawmill, Millville (built 1835) Centennial Mill, Sperry Township (built 1876) Elkader Mill, Elkader (built 1849) Elkport Mill, Elkport (built 1860) Fleming's Sawmill, North McGregor, Marquette (operating in 1882) Garnavillo Mill, Buck Creek (built 1857) Guttenberg Flour Mill, Guttenberg (built 1854) Kleinlein's Mill, near Strawberry Point (built about 1860) Marsh and Spaulding's on Bloody Run River, McGregor Mederville Mill, Mederville Millville Flouring Mill, Little Turkey River (operating in 1882) Millville Sawmill, Little Turkey River (built 1835) Model Mill, Jefferson Township (built 1867) Motor Mill, Motor (built 1864) Pelzer's Mill, Miner's Creek, Jefferson Township (built 1849) Strawberry Point Mill, Strawberry Point Valley Mill, Garnavillo Township (built 1853) Volga City Mill, Volga River (built 1857) Windsor's Mill, Lodomillo Township (built 1860) Walter's Mill, Wagner Township (built 1871) Clinton County Bryant Steam Flour Mill, Bryant (built 1877) Cassidy's Sawmill, Clinton (built 1855) Clinton Lumber Company Sawmills, Clinton (built 1859) Crary and Leonard's Sawmill, Elk River DeWitt Steam Mills (operating in 1910) Eden Township Steam Grist Mill Gilmore's Mill, Charlotte (built 1852) Hall's Flour Mill, DeWitt Hauntown Hemp Mill, Hauntown (built 1843) Hosford and Miller's Mill, Lyons (built 1857) King's Flour Mill, DeWitt Lamb and Son's Sawmills, Clinton (operated until 1905) Lombard's Sawmill, Clinton Lyons Paper Mill, Lyons (built 1873) Model Roller Mills, Clinton (operating in 1939) Parmlee's Sawmill, Clinton (built 1856) Rule's Mill, Rock Creek (built 1855) Stumbaugh's Mill, Lyons (built 1856) Toronto Grist Mill, Wapsipinicon River (built 1846) Work's Sawmill, DeWitt Township Young and Company's Sawmills, Clinton (built in 1866) Crawford County Dobson's Mill, Boyer River (built about 1852) Dobson's Mortar and Pestle Doud Milling Company, Denison (operating in 1939) McKim's Sawmill Park's Mill, Mosquito Creek Swain and Reynold's Mill, Denison Westside Roller Mills, Westside (operating in 1939) Wick's "Corn Cracker" about 1847) Dallas County Adel Flour Mill Company, Adel (operating in 1898) Atkinson's Mill Bilderback's Mill, Adams Township (built about 1870) Dallas Center Mill, Dallas Center (operating in 1939) Goughnour's Mill, near Adel Harvey's Mill, near Redfield Horner's Mill, Middle Raccoon River Lathrop's Mill, Hickory Creek (built 1848) Mitchell's Mill, Adams Township Newport Woolen Mills, Middle Raccoon River Owen's Mill, South Raccoon River (built 1848) Rinehart's Mill, Sugar Grove Township Ruth's Mill, Xenia Selby's Steam Mill, Perry Thornburg's Mill, near Perry Van Meter Mill, Raccoon River Van Meter Steam Flour Mill, Van Meter Warrington's Mill, Sugar Grove Township (built 1872) Davis County Brown's Mill, Fox River Marson and Brunnelle's Mill (built 1841) Panada Roller Mill, Floris (operating in 1939) Plank's Steam Flour Mill, Pulaski (built 1882) Priest and Son's Flour Mill, Bloomfield Decatur County Adam's Mill, Lamoni (operating in 1886) Bowen and Douglass's Flour Mill, Garden Grove Davis's Sawmill, Davis City (built 1854) Garden Grove Treadmill Harris's Mill, Lamoni (built 1883) Knapp's Sawmill, Garden Grove Leon Flour Mill, Leon Morehead's Flour Mill, Van Wert (built 1883) Westerville's Mill, Westerville (built 1855) Delaware County Bolsinger & Moreland's Mill, Colesburg (built 1857) Fleming's Mill, Delhi Township (built about 1848) Forestville Flour Mill, Richland Township (built 1853) Fountain Spring Mill, Elk Creek (built 1855) Hartwick Mill, Delhi Township (built 1853) Hogan's Flour Mill, Rockville (built 1848) Hopkinton Mill, South Fork Township Manchester Flour Mills (built 1867) Manchester Woolen Mills, Delaware Township (built 1865) Milheim Mill, Honey Creek Township Olmstead's Sawmill, Maquoketa River (built 1842) Quaker Mills, Delaware Township (built 1854) Turner's Sawmill, Forestville (built 1847) Wilson's Sawmill, Sand Spring (built about 1860) Des Moines County Buhrmaster's Windmill, Franklin Township (built about 1840) Crow Creek Mill Dickey's Sawmill, Burlington Donnell's Mill, near Burlington, Flint River (about 1840) Flint Sawmill, near Burlington Hughes's Mill, near Burlington, Flint River Kossuth Mill, Yellow Springs Township (built 1855) Moffatt's Mill, Augusta, Skunk River (built 1835) Sunderland's Mill, Burlington Dickinson County Howe, Wheelock and Parmenter's Sawmill (about 1859) Jones and Miller's Sawmill, East Okoboji Lake Lovesee and Hurd's Steam Flouring Mill, Spirit Lake Okoboji Mill, Milford Red Mill, Spirit Lake Dubuque County Bennett's Mill, Dyersville Booth, O'Ferrall and Engle (1837) Cascade Mills, Cascade Chew's Flouring Mill, Cascade Dubuque Planing Mills, Dubuque Dyer's Mill, Dubuque Dyersville Mills, Dyersville (operating in 1939) Fangmann's Mill, New Vienna Gray's Mill, White Water Township Ingram, Kennedy and Day's Sawmill, Dubuque Mullally and Hutchins's Paper Mill, Cascade New Vienna Woolen Mills, New Vienna Pratt's Mill, Dubuque Reynolds and Lawson's Mill (1837) Rockdale Mills, Rockdale Sageville Mill, Sageville Sherman and Thomas's Mill, Cascade Emmet County Estherville Roller Mills, Estherville (built 1891) Model Mills, Estherville (built 1890) Ridley and Jenkins's Mill, Estherville (operating in 1868) Whitcomb and Lane's Steam Mill, Estherville Fayette County Albertson's Sawmill (built 1854) Alexander's Sawmill (built 1850) Alpha Mills, Crane Creek (built 1869) Arlington Steam Mill, Arlington Auburn Mills, Little Turkey River Connor and Diamond's Sawmill (built 1849) Dover Mills, Turkey River Earle's Flour Mill (built 1865) Eldorado Mill, Turkey River (built 1850) Fairbank Mill, Wapsipinicon River Fayette Steam Mill, Fayette Kline's Sawmill (built 1854) Larrabee's Mill, Clermont (built about 1855) Light's Sawmill (built 1850) Long and Wells' Sawmill, West Union (built 1852) Mission Mill, Turkey River (built about 1854) Thompson's Flour Mill (built 1854) Waucoma Mill, Little Turkey River (before 1880) Weibel's Mill, Elgin (operating in 1940) Floyd County Charles City Flouring Mill, Charles City Nora Springs Mill, Nora Springs (built 1853) Rock Grove Mill, Shell Rock River (built 1867) Rockford Mill, Rockford Franklin County Beed and Gillett's Mill, Mott Township Beed's Mill, Hampton (built 1859) Franklin Mills, Mott Township Fremont County Eagle Roller Mills, Thurman (1898) Farragut Mill, Farragut Thurman City Mills, Thurman (1898) Greene County Belding's Mill, Jefferson (operating in 1890) Harrington & Milligan's Mill, Jefferson (operating in 1890) Grundy County Reinbeck Mill, Reinbeck (operating in 1890) Guthrie County Aldrich's Sawmill, Union Township (operating in 1890) Casey Flour Mill, near Casey City Mills, Guthrie Center (operating in 1940) Cline and Robinson's Mill, Cass Township Eagle Grist Mill, Victor Township (built 1882) Fansler's Grist Mill, Middle Raccoon River Hollingsworth and William's Mill, Guthrie Center (built 1870) Lennon's Flour Mill, Panora (built 1877) Lonsdale's Woolen Mill, Jackson Township (built 1858) Nichols's Mill, Cass Township Pearson and Chantry's Mill, Penn Township (built 1857) Rees's Mill Ritz and Harris's Sawmill, Victory Township (built 1855) Rock Bluffs Grist Mill, Middle Raccoon River Valley Flouring Mill, Guthrie Center Hamilton County Bell's Mill (built about 1855) Bone's Mill, Boone River (built 1854) Bruce's Mill, near Stratford (built 1852) Chase's Mill, Webster City (built 1855) Funk and Wilson's Steam Mill (built 1856) Gloseclose's Mill, Boone River (built 1853) King's Sawmill, Webster City (about 1865) Moore and Selders' Steam Flour Mill (built 1867) Ten Eyck's Sawmill (about 1867) Tunnel Mill, Boone River (built 1869) Webster City Mills, Webster City (operating in 1939) Hancock County Garner Roller Mills, Garner (standing in 1939) Hardin County Ackley Steam Mills, Ackley (built 1870) Alden Mills, Alden, Iowa River Eagle City Mills, Eagle City, Iowa River Eldora Flouring Mill, Eldora (built 1867) Iowa Falls Woolen Mills, Iowa Falls (operating in 1883) Iowa Flouring Mill, Iowa Falls (built 1857) Knickerbocker Mills, Ackley (built 1874) Lathrop's Mill, Clay Township (built 1857) Roosevelt Mills (see Knickerbocker Mills) Steamboat Rock Mills, Steamboat Rock Union Mills, Union Xenia Mills, Xenia Harrison County Dalley's Woolen Mill, near Woodbine (built about 1866) Logan Mill, Logan Mahoney and Chatburn Mill, Boyer River Merritt Milling Company, Dunlap (operating in 1939) Reel's Mill, Pigeon River (about 1855) Henry County Excelsior Mills, Mt. Pleasant Lowell Mills, Lowell (built 1838) Millspaugh Mill, near Rome (operating in 1865) Mt. Pleasant Milling Company, Mt. Pleasant New London Steam Mills, New London Oakland Flour Mills, Oakland Mills (about 1839) Oakland Woolen Mills, Oakland Mills Smithland Mills, Lowell (built 1837) Howard County Chester Mills, Upper Iowa River Florenceville Mill, Upper Iowa River Foreston Mill, Upper Iowa River Glen Roy Mill, Upper Iowa River Lime Springs Mill, Upper Iowa River (built about 1860) Salisbury Mill, Vernon Springs Sovereign Mill, Vernon Springs Humboldt County Brown's Mill, Dakota City (operating in 1939) Humboldt Mill, Humboldt Johnson and Basham's Mill, Humboldt Township (built 1856) McKnight's Steam Sawmill, Dakota City (built 1855) Ough and Buhler's Steam Grist Mill, Delana Township (built 1883) Rutland Mill, Rutland (built 1871)