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Millville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Millville

 
 
Millville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2020
1. Millville Marker
Inscription. Named for grist mill erected on site of town. Founded 1772
 
Erected by Benton Township.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraIndustry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Keystone Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1772.
 
Location. 41° 7.158′ N, 76° 31.954′ W. Marker is in Millville, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Little Fishing Creek, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Millville PA 17846, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the
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original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Eves' Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Lights Around the Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of the Greenwood Seminary (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Grist Mill Drive Wheels (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Millville (approx. 0.7 miles away); Orangeville (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millville.
 
Also see . . .
1. Millville, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 6, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

2. Millville Borough History. Borough website entry (Submitted on December 6, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Millville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2020
2. Millville Marker
Looking east
Foundations of the 1852 Millville Grist Mill image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 6, 2020
3. Foundations of the 1852 Millville Grist Mill
North across Main Street from marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 544 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 6, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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