Pequea Creek Watershed - Mills of Lancaster County

This is a listing of water-powered grist mills in the Pequea Creek watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The watershed includes several tributaries. Click on the links below to jump directly each section.

Pequea Creek
Eshleman Run
Little Beaver Creek
Calamus Run
Big Beaver Creek

The mills are listed in order by water flow.

Pequea Creek

The Pequea Creek is a 49.2-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. It begins in the Welsh Mountains and joins the Susquehanna between the Safe Harbor and Holtwood dams. The creek takes its name from a Shawnee settlement that was located near the mouth of the creek. The name means “dust” or “ashes”.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Monticello		Site	c1769	Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Mount Rock	Gualt’s	Storage	c1759	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Mast		Site	Pre 1864	Grist, Saw	South Run
Buena Vista	Wilson’s	Site	c1824	Flour, Grist, Cider	Indian Spring Run
Buckley’s		Site	c1790	Grist	Pequea Creek
Irwin’s		Site	Pre 1824	Grist	White Horse Run
White Horse	Stauffer’s	Residence	1832	Flour, Grist, Cider	White Horse Run
Keystone	Seldomridge	Site	c1851	Flour, Grist	Pequea Creek
Pequea Valley	Gap	Site	c1824	Grist	Boyd’s Run
Frantz’s		Site	c1797	Grist	Boyd’s Run
Millwood		Site	c1844	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Spring Garden		Site	c1738	Grist	Richardson’s Run
New Milltown	Hess’s	Business	c1800	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Osceola		Residence	c1800	Flour, Grist	Pequea Creek
Evergreen	Eshleman’s	Site	c1815	Flour, Grist	Pequea Creek
London Grove		Site	c1760	Flour, Grist, Distillery	London Grove Run
Brackbill’s		Site	c1824	Grist	Londonland Run
Lapark		Site	c1873	Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Paradise		Site	1825	Flour, Grist, Cider	Pequea Creek
Herr’s	Lefever’s	Business	1803	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Wheatland		Site	c1867	Flour, Saw, Cider	Pequea Creek
Edisonville	Moyer’s	Venue	c1822	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Neff’s		Site	1797	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Lime Valley		Residence	1846	Flour, Grist, Saw, Cider	Pequea Creek
Run Valley		Site	c1813	Flour, Grist	Huber’s Run
Snyder Hollow		Site	c1857	Flour, Grist	Huber’s Run
Baumgardner’s	Millvale	Storage	1836	Flour, Grist, Saw	Pequea Creek
Burnt	Good’s / Hess’	Residence	c1814	Flour, Grist, Cider	Pequea Creek
Good’s		Site	c1810	Grist, Saw	Good’s Run
Sickman’s	Pequea	Business	1792	Flour, Grist	Pequea Creek
Martic Forge	Pequea Valley	Residence	1786	Flour, Grist	Climber’s Run
Colemanville		Site	Pre 1899	Grist	Pequea Creek

Eshleman Run

Eshleman Run is a 4-mile-long tributary of the Pequea Creek in Paradise Township.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Keneagy		Site	Pre 1850	Grist, Cider	Eshelman Run
Spring Valley	Ranck’s	Site	c1868	Grist, Saw	Eshelman Run
London Vale	Eshelman’s	Storage	1787	Flour, Grist	Eshelman Run

Little Beaver Creek

The Little Beaver Creek is a 9-mile-long tributary of the Pequea Creek. It originates in Paradise Township and joins the Pequea just below Lime Valley.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Trout’s	Neff’s	Site	c1806	Flour, Grist	Trib. of Little Beaver Creek
Sides’	Fruit Valley	Residence	c1812	Flour, Grist, Saw, Cider	South Branch of Little Beaver Creek
Musselman’s		Site	c1810	Flour, Grist	Little Beaver Creek

Calamus Run

Calamus Run is a 3.5-mile-long tributary of the Little Beaver Creek that originates in Paradise Township just south of Route 896. It joins the Little Beaver creek in Strasburg Township near Little Beaver Road.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Rohrer’s	Highland	Farm	1852	Flour, Grist, Saw	Calamus Run
Eshleman’s Little Red Mill		Site	c1778	Flour, Grist, Saw	Calamus Run
Girvin’s Mill		Site	c1824	Grist, Saw	Calamus Run

Big Beaver Creek

The Big Beaver Creek is a 9.7-mile-long tributary of the Pequea Creek. The Beaver Valley Pike parallels the creek for part of its length. It flows through Eden and Providence townships and joins the Pequea in Strasburg Township.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
White Oak		Site	c1798	Flour, Grist	Big Beaver Creek
Bassler’s		Site	c1825	Flour, Grist	Tributary of Big Beaver Creek
Camargo	Shultz’s	Farm	1825	Flour, Grist, Saw	Big Beaver Creek
New Providence	Mylin’s	Site	c1823	Grist, Saw	Big Beaver Creek
Krantz’s	Schultz’s	Site	c1790	Flour, Grist, Cider	Big Beaver Creek
Reynold’s	Green Tree	Site	1860	Grist	Big Beaver Creek
Beaver	Miller’s	Site	c1825	Flour, Grist	Big Beaver Creek

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