Chiques Creek Watershed - Mills of Lancaster County

This is a listing of water-powered grist mills in the Chiques Creek watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The watershed includes the Big Chiques Creek, the Little Chiques Creek, Brubaker Run, and the Donegal Creek.

Big Chiques Creek
Little Chiques Creek
Brubaker Run
Donegal Creek

The mills in each section are listed in order of the water flow.

Big Chiques Creek

The Chiques Creek is a 31.6-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. It originates near Mount Gretna Heights in Lebanon County, flows through Manheim, and enters the Susquehanna in East Donegal Township, just south of Marietta. The name comes from the Lenape word “Chiquesalunga” which means “place of crayfish”. An earlier spelling was “Chickies Creek”.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Mount Hope		Storage	1904	Flour, Grist, Saw	Shearer’s Creek
Elstonville		Storage	1814	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek
White Oak		Business	1929	Grist, Saw	Chiques Creek
Penn		Site	1859	Grist, Cider	Chiques Creek
Doe Run		Site	1792	Grist	Manheim Run
Manheim Feed		Site	1829	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek
Shoemaker’s		Site	1815	Grist, Saw	Rife Run
Lehman’s		Site	c1760	Grist	Rife Run
Kauffman’s Distillery	Martin’s	Site	c1758	Grist, Distillery	Chiques Creek
Cassel	Seller’s	Site	c1780	Grist	Chiques Creek
Junction		Site	1807	Flour, Grist, Saw	Chiques Creek
Jacob Sherer’s		Site	c1856	Cider	Chiques Creek
Sporting Hill		Farm	1814	Flour, Grist	Dellinger’s Run
Shenck’s		Site	1829	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek
Salunga #1	Samuel Scott	Site	c1736	Grist	Chiques Creek
Salunga #2	Chiques	Site	1815	Grist	Chiques Creek
Chickies Valley	Bender’s	Residence	c1790	Flour, Grist, Cider	Chiques Creek
Silver Springs		Site	1816	Flour, Grist	Silver Springs Run
John Moore’s		Generator	1804	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek
Siegrist’s	Keystone / Moore’s	Site	1811	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek
Newtown	Risser’s	Storage	1804	Flour, Grist, Saw	Chiques Creek
Marietta Roller Mill	Johnson	Site	1814	Flour, Grist	Chiques Creek

Little Chiques Creek

The Little Chiques Creek is a 20.6-mile-long tributary of the Chiques Creek. It originates in Mount Joy Township just below the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It runs east of the borough of Mount Joy and joins the Chiques Creek about a mile and a quarter from the Susquehanna River.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Snyder’s		Residence	1824	Flour, Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Hankin’s	McAllister’s	Site	c1824	Grist, Saw	Little Chiques Creek
Union	Heistand’s	Farm	c1808	Flour, Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Milton Grove	Keener’s	Milling	c1805	Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Risser’s	Roddy	Business	1816	Flour, Grist, Saw	Little Chiques Creek
Madeira	Geyer’s	Site	c1824	Grist	Back Run
Cave	Heistand’s	Site	c1761	Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Mount Joy		Site	1828	Flour, Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Stauffer’s		Site	c1811	Flour, Grist	Little Chiques Creek
Anglo		Site	c1862	Flour, Grist	Little Chiques Creek

Brubaker Run

Brubaker Run is a six-mile-long tributary of the Little Chiques Creek. It originates near Mastersonville Road in Rapho Township and meanders south-westward until it joins the Little Chiques where Meadow View Road crosses the creek.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
David Brubaker’s		Site	Pre 1824	Grist	Brubaker Run
Brubaker’s		Site	c1780	Grist, Carding	Brubaker Run
Stauffer’s		Site	c1781	Flour, Grist, Saw	Brubaker Run
Faus’		Site	c1770	Grist	Trib. Of Brubaker Run

Donegal Creek

The Donegal Creek is a 6-mile-long tributary of the Chiques Creek. It originates in East Donegal Township and joins the Chiques Creek about a quarter mile from the Susquehanna River. The Donegal Springs Run is a major tributary.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Nissley’s	Seven Color	Site	c1808	Grist	Donegal Springs Run
Breneman’s		Site	c1779	Grist	Donegal Springs Run
Donegal Springs		Site	Pre 1864	Grist	Donegal Creek
Donegal	Marietta	Storage	1830	Flour, Grist	Donegal Creek
Share’s	East Donegal	Storage	1804	Flour, Grist	Donegal Creek
McCormick’s		Site	c1864	Grist	Donegal Creek
Chickies Rolling Mill	Donegal	Residence	1837	Flour, Cider	Donegal Creek

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