Millheim in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 10, 2025

1. Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798 Marker

Inscription.

Rebuilt as Duncan's Elk Mills Complex • 1871
Structure brick cased by D. A. Musser • 1870's
Owned & operated by the McMullin Bros. • 1921
Closed as Grist Mill • 1927

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.

Location. 40° 53.257′ N, 77° 28.637′ W. Marker is in Millheim, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is on Mill Street west of Penn Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 Mill Street, Millheim PA 16854, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

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 original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: site of Jacob Bollinger's General Store & Post Office (approx. ¼ mile away); site of German School (approx. ¼ mile away); C. H. Breon Bicycle Shop/R.S. Stover - Jeweler (approx. ¼ mile away); Brungards Butcher Shop/Town Theater (approx. ¼ mile away); Willis Musser General Merchandise (approx. ¼ mile away); 110 East Main Street (approx. ¼ mile away); The Aaronsburg Story (approx. 1.9 miles away); Rebersburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millheim.

Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798 and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 10, 2025

2. Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798 and Marker

Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 10, 2025

3. Site of Gunkle's Grist and Sawmill • 1798

Credits. This page was last revised on January 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 230 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 11, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.