Mill Details

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill

New Castle Co. | Delaware | USA
Known Dates: unknown
Township: Brandywine Hundred.
Watersource: Brandywine Creek.
Location / Directions

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill

: From Henderson on Sh 311 near the Maryland/Delaware state line in Caroline Co., Md, go southeast on Bee Tree Road past Henderson Community Park, then turn left on Mud Mill Road/Rd 207. Follow just across the state line, the road makes a right turn, then left turn, then curves gently to the right to the mill on the right, prior to crossing the bridge. Total of about 0.5 miles from the state line.

Verse for Thought
Ev'rywhere He leads me I would follow, follow on, Walking in His footsteps till the crown be won. "Follow On" by William O. Cushing 1823-1902
({From the Nazarene hymnal - Sing to the Lord})
Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 08/07/2010

The Choptank Mill is a frame 2.5 story structure with some additions on two opposite sides.

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 08/07/2010

The main structure is clad in steel/tin siding that resembles stone block, and is painted a golden/yellow.

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 08/07/2010

The corrigated metal roofing is painted red. GPS: 39° 04.02' N 75° 44.11' W 62' elevation

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 08/07/2010

The mill is on the south side of Mud Mill Road/Rd 207 near the bridge where Tanners Branch of the Choptank River leaves Mud Mill Pond. Culbreth Marsh Ditch & Tidy Island Creek drains the area from Willow Grove into Mud Mill Pond.

Choptank Grist Mills / Mud Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 08/07/2010

The miller's house on the east side of the mill. An 1868 Delaware State Atlas has a Thomas Melvin living on the other side of the bridge, the closest neighbor.

 
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