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
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

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

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

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. "Carl Fisher casino, Miami Beach, Florida". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
2. "Robertson Post Windmill". Mid-America Windmill Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
3. "Windmill History". The Danish Windmill. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
4. "Vermeer Mill & Interpretive Center". Pella Historical Village. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
5. "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
6. "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
7. Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.
8. "ABRAHAM PEIRSEY of JAMESTOWNE, VIRGINIA". Paul E. Pennebaker. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
9. "Windmills of Virginia". Windmill World. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
10. "The Miller and the Windmill". Colonial Williamsburg. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
11. Walt Akers. "Historic References to the Yorktown Windmill". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
12. "Yorktown Windmill Project". Twisted Oaks Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
13. "Davidson Windmill". Waymarking. Retrieved 10 July 2009.