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List of windmills in the United States

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This is a list of "traditional" windmills in the United States, which usually are gristmills.

In this nation more than others, "windmill" is often used to refer to what are properly termed windpumps bringing up water for agriculture. This is at least partly due to usage by windpump builders Eclipse Windmill Company (1873) and Aermotor Windmill Company (1888, the sole surviving US "windmill" manufacturer{{cite web|url=https://aermotorwindmill.com/pages/a-history-were-proud-of |title=A History We're Proud Of: Aermotor Windmill Company |access-date=March 10, 2023}}). And it is also used by many to refer to modern wind turbines generating electricity.

{{Gallery

| File:Victoria grist windmill 2008.jpg|A windmill, in Texas

| File:Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill.jpg|A wind pump in Texas

| File:Alternative energy used from wind turbines at Stasney's Cook Ranch in Albany, Texas. (24483592853).jpg|A wind turbine in Texas

| File:1975 070 5173 400 rgb E10kxl126 (18439710396).jpg|A wind engine applied unusually, to power a plow, in Texas

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This list aims to include only traditional-type windmills, with the exception that it also includes NRHP-listed historic windpumps known as windmills, such as the "Iron Turbine Windmill" in Arizona.

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Windmills having coordinates below may be seen together in a map: click on "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right of this page.

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Arizona

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Iron Turbine mill

| Prescott
{{coord|34|32|30|N|112|28|27|W|name=Iron Turbine Mill}}

| Iron windpump

| 1876

|

| 150px

California

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Murphy Windmill

| San Francisco

| Smock

| 1905

| Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin
[http://www.windmillworld.com/world/california.htm Windmill World]

| 150px

Dutch Windmill

| San Francisco

| Tower

| 1902

| [http://www.windmillworld.com/world/california.htm Windmill World]

| 150px

| Solvang

| Smock

|

|

| 150px

Florida

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Windmill

| Carl Fisher Casino, Miami Beach

| Tower

| 1920{{cite web|url=http://www.windmillworld.com/world/miamicasino.htm |title=Carl Fisher casino, Miami Beach, Florida |publisher=Windmill World| access-date=20 July 2009}}

| 1926

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Illinois

{{further|List of windmills in Illinois}}

Indiana

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Robertson Mill

| Kendalville

| Post

| 2000{{cite web |url=http://midamericawindmillmuseum.org/pages/post_mill.php |title=Robertson Post Windmill |publisher=Mid-America Windmill Museum |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523101032/http://midamericawindmillmuseum.org/pages/post_mill.php |archive-date=23 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| Replica of Robertson Mill, Williamsburg, Virginia

|

Iowa

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Danish Mill

| Elk Horn
{{small|{{coord|41.58957

95.060371|name=Danish Mill}}}}

| Smock

| 1976{{cite web |url=http://www.danishwindmill.com/danish_windmill_history/history_overview.asp |title=Windmill History |publisher=The Danish Windmill |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-date=27 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427131304/http://www.danishwindmill.com/danish_windmill_history/history_overview.asp |url-status=dead }}

| Built in 1848 at Nørre-Snede, Denmark. Dismantled 1975 and re-erected at Elk Horn in 1976.

| 150px

Vermeer Mill

| Pella Historical Village, Pella
{{small|{{coord|41.40649

92.91446|name=Vermeer Mill}}}}

| Smock

| 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.pellatuliptime.com/historical-village/mill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127015954/http://www.pellatuliptime.com/historical-village/mill/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2005 |title=Vermeer Mill & Interpretive Center |publisher=Pella Historical Village |access-date=20 July 2009 }}

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Kansas

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Windmill

| Reamsville

| Smock

| 1879

| Moved to Smith Center, 1938

|

Old Dutch Mill

| Smith Center
{{coord|39|46.85|N|98|47.04|W |type:landmark_region:US-KS |name=Old Dutch Mill}}

| Smock

| 1938{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/mills/ks/16-92dutchmill.html |title=Old Dutch Mill |publisher=Ohio Barns |access-date=20 July 2009}}

|

|

Old Dutch Mill

| Wamego
{{coord|39|12|13|N|96|18|08|W|name=Old Dutch Mill}}

| Tower

| 1925{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/mills/ks/16-75olddutchmill.html |title=Old Dutch Mill |publisher=Ohio Barns |access-date=20 July 2009}}

|

|

Windmill

| near Wamego ({{convert|12|mi|km}} north of town)

| Tower

| 1879

| Dismantled 1925 and re-erected at Wamego.

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Maine

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Bailey Farm mill

| Anson
{{coord|44|51|45|N|69|55|49|W|name=Bailey Farm mill}}

|

| 1905

|

| 150px

Hatch's Mill

| Castine

|

| c1800{{cite book | first = Donald| last =Lombardo| year = 2003 | title = Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future| publisher =On Cape Publications | location =Cape Cod, MA |isbn= 0-9719547-7-1}}
1815

|

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Windmill at 12 Madockawando Rd.

| 12 Madockawando Rd., Castine
{{small|{{coord|44.38355

68.81064|name=Windmill at 12 Madockawando Rd.}}}}

|

|

| "antique windmill folly was built as a piano studio over a century ago"{{cite web|url=https://www.mainelistings.com/listings/ME/Castine/04421/12-Madockawando-Road/1532370 |title=Maine Listings: 12 Madocakawando Rd. |access-date=March 10, 2023}}

|

Massachusetts

{{further|List of windmills in Massachusetts}}

Michigan

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Greenfield Mill

| Dearborn

| Smock

| 1660 in Massachusetts

| [http://www.windmillworld.com/world/capecod.htm Windmill World]

| 150px

| Hickory Corners

| Smock

| 1927

| Moved here from Heeg, Friesland, Netherlands.{{cite web |url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/molens/ten-bruggencate-nr-03300a |title=Heeg/ Heech, Fryslân, Fryslân |publisher=De Hollandsche Molens |location=Amsterdam |accessdate=17 July 2024 }}

|

De Zwaan

| Holland

| Smock

| 1761 in the Netherlands

|

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Minnesota

class="wikitable"
Location

! Name of mill
and coordinates

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Seppman Mill

| Minneopa State Park, Mankato
{{coord|44.162188

94.102180|name=Seppman Mill}}

| Tower

| 1864

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Missouri

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Bevo Mill

| St. Louis
{{small|{{coord|38.58174

90.26697|name=Bevo Mill}}}}

| Smock

|

|

| 150px

New Jersey

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Volendam Mill

| Holland Township
{{coord|40.5966

75.1639|name=Volendam Mill}}

| Smock

| 1965

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Great Western Mill]]

| Paulus Hook, New Jersey
{{coord|40.71659

74.03348|name=Great Western Mill}}

| Smock

| 1806

| Edge's father shipped it to him from England. Built in Brooklyn Heights, moved to Paulus Hook 1812, moved to Southold 1839, Burnt 1870

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New Mexico

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Eclipse mill

| Moriarty
{{coord|34|59|48|N|106|04|55|W|name=Moriarty Eclipse Windmill}}

|

| 1890

|

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New York

{{further|List of windmills in New York}}

Rhode Island

{{further|List of windmills in Rhode Island}}

South Carolina

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Windmill

| Marsh Island

|

| 1789

| Demolished 1852.{{cite web |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/georgetown/community/museum-around-the-corner-marsh-island/article_9eaaa87c-c521-11ea-a1bd-63b3be8b7ac2.html |title= Museum around the Corner: Marsh Island |publisher=South Strand News |date=15 July 2020 |access-date=16 July 2020}}

|

South Dakota

class="wikitable"
Location

! Name of mill
and coordinates

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Holland Grist Windmill

| Milbank
{{coord|45|13|18|N|96|37|10|W|name=Holland Grist Mill}}

| Smock mill

| 1882

| [http://www.windmillworld.com/usa/southdakota.htm Windmill World]

| 150px

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Tennessee

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

McKenzie Windmill

| Georgetown
{{coord|35|21|23|N|84|54|55|W|name=McKenzie Windmill}}

| Iron windpump

| 1931

|

|

Texas

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill

| Sheffield
{{coord|30|44|44|N|101|58|30|W|name=Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill}}

| Iron windpump

| 1898

|

|

Victoria Grist Windmill

| Victoria
{{coord|28|48|04|N|97|00|05|W|name=Victoria Grist Windmill}}

| Smock

| 1870

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| 150px

Vermont

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Windmill

| Alburgh

| Tower

| c1731

| Standing 1749

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Virginia

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Flowerdew Hundred Mill

| Flowerdew Hundred

|

| 1612{{cite web |url=http://webpages.charter.net/pepbaker/peirsey.htm |title=ABRAHAM PEIRSEY of JAMESTOWNE, VIRGINIA |publisher=Paul E. Pennebaker |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-date=2 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102004919/http://webpages.charter.net/pepbaker/peirsey.htm |url-status=dead }}

|

|

Flowerdew Hundred Mill

| Flowerdew Hundred

| Post

| 1978{{cite web|url=http://www.windmillworld.com/world/virginia.htm |title=Windmills of Virginia |publisher=Windmill World |access-date=20 July 2009}}

|

|

Robertson Mill

| Williamsburg

| Post

| 1621{{cite web|url=http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn02/windmill.cfm |title=The Miller and the Windmill |publisher=Colonial Williamsburg |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Standing in 1723.

|

Robertson Mill

| Williamsburg

| Post

|

|

|

Buckner's Mill

| Yorktown

| Smock

| 1711 {{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/4347858|title=Historic References to the Yorktown Windmill|author=Walt Akers|access-date=20 July 2014}}

| Destroyed by tornado in late 19th century

|

Akers′ Mill

| Yorktown

| Smock

| 2011 {{cite web|url=http://www.yorktown-windmill.org|title=Yorktown Windmill Project|publisher=Twisted Oaks Foundation|access-date=20 July 2014}}

| Reconstruction of William Buckner's Mill near original site

|

Washington

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Cambern Mill

| Spokane
{{coord|47|38|43|N|117|23|20|W|name=Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill}}

|

| 1929

|

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Wisconsin

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Davidson Windmill

| Superior
{{coord|46|38|56|N|91|54|21|W|name=Davidson Mill}}

| Smock

| 1900{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNXE |title=Davidson Windmill| publisher=Waymarking |access-date=10 July 2009}}

| Eight sails

|

Little Chute Windmill

| Little Chute
{{coord|44|17|3|N|88|18|49|W|name=Little Chute Windmill}}

| Smock

|

| Constructed by Verbij Hoogmade BV{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

|

Waupun Dutch Windmill

| Waupun
{{coord|44|17|3|N|88|18|49|W|name=Waupun Dutch Windmill}}

| Smock

|

|

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Pilgrim Family Farmstead

|

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|

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Windmill at Robert M. Lamp Cottage

| Lake Mendota, Madison

|

|

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| Windmill built 1902–03 to bring water to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage on an island in Lake Mendota.

Romeo and Juliet Windmill

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Insular Areas

=Puerto Rico=

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Ingenio Azucarero Vives{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76002249}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ingenio Azucarero Vives / Hacienda Vives|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2023-03-04|author=Antonio E. Colberg |date=1976}} with {{NRHP url|id=76002249|photos=y|title=ten photos from 1976}}

| Guayama
{{coord|17|58|45|N|66|7|3|W|name=Ingenio Azucarero Vives}}

| Tower

| 1828

| Spanish colonial sugar mill

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= US Virgin Islands =

class="wikitable"
Windmill

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Image

Estate La Reine

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Estate Mount Victory

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See also

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

  • {{cite book | last1 = Pulling| first1 = Anne Frances| last2 = Leeds| first2 = Gerald A.| year = 1999| title = Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island| publisher = Arcadia| location = Charleston, SC|isbn= 0-7385-0288-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_S5vqvlk9IC}}
  • {{cite book | first = Donald| last =Lombardo| year = 2003 | title = Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future| publisher =On Cape Publications | location =Cape Cod, MA |isbn= 0-9719547-7-1}}
  • Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is the [http://www.windmillworld.com/world/usa.htm Windmill World] website.

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