• A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, often cotton mills...
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  • Town Mill is the name of a number of mills in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom Town Mill, Biddenden, a windmill in Kent Town Mill, Bluntisham...
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    Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. As...
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    Lake Mills is a town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,070 at the 2010 census. The city of Lake Mills is located partially...
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    problems for 6,000 of the 14,000 people living in Donora, Pennsylvania, a mill town on the Monongahela River 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The...
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    This is a list of mill towns in Massachusetts. Adams Amesbury Athol Attleboro Chicopee Clinton Dalton Dedham Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Gardner Grafton...
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    Mill Creek Town Center is a lifestyle center in Mill Creek, Washington, United States. It is located along the Bothell-Everett Highway, and has 88 shops...
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    agricultural towns in the state, the Black River falls, which drop 110 feet (34 m) in 1⁄8 of a mile (200 m), helped it develop into a mill town. Springfield...
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    mill industries that relied on water power. The town rose to national and international recognition because of several major industries in the town during...
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    road crossed the creek. He built a saw mill, grist mill and store at this location, which was called "Mill Town". In 1860, Knob Creek Post Office was opened...
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    New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Stockport and 13 miles (21 km) from Manchester at...
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    Mill Woods Town Centre is a shopping centre located in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the neighbourhood of Mill Woods. It contains service and retail...
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    Old Town paper mill is an American paper factory in Old Town, Maine. Originally a saw mill, the factory was founded in 1860 and converted into a paper...
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    Boones Mill is a town in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 239 in 2018, down from 285 at the 2000 census. Boones Mill was incorporated...
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    for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving...
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    is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,835 at the 2020 census. Situated beside Wilson Pond, the former mill town is today...
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    Blackdown Mill or Cherry Clack Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at Punnetts Town, East Sussex, England, which has been restored. Blackdown Mill, was originally...
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    Census. A former farming and mill town, Amesbury is today largely residential. It is one of the two northernmost towns in Massachusetts (the other being...
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  • Almonte, Ontario (category Former towns in Ontario)
    former mill town in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is a ward of the town of Mississippi...
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    Bacup (category Towns in Lancashire)
    listed buildings. Following the Industrial Revolution, Bacup became a mill town, growing up around the now covered over bridge crossing the River Irwell...
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    ski resort. Before becoming a ski destination, Ludlow was originally a mill town, and was the home of a General Electric plant until 1977. It was arguably...
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    area. The population was 2,756 at the 2020 census. Mexico is a small mill town for the papermaking industry. The land was once part of Holmanstown Plantation...
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    sources state that it is a shortening of "Mill-town" for the early mill activity. Milton is an interior town in the central part of the county. It is southwest...
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    Chisholm, would dominate Rumford's riverfront and economy. Much of the mill town was built in the spurt of prosperity between approximately 1890 and 1920...
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    Middleton, Greater Manchester (category Towns in Greater Manchester)
    the mid-20th century. This transition gave rise to Middleton as a mill town. The town's local newspaper, the Middleton Guardian has a history going back...
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  • Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains is a 2020 book by Kerri Arsenault about the paper and pulp industry in the American city Rumford, Maine. The book...
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    Village in Plainfield, to this day retain visual echoes of the historic mill-town villages. The Quiet Corner is popular with tourists for its traditional...
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    Typically, a company town is isolated from neighboring towns and centered on a large production factory, such as a lumber or steel mill or an automobile plant...
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    Nelson, Lancashire (category Towns and villages in the Borough of Pendle)
    as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution. An Iron Age hillfort called Castercliff is on a hill to the east of the town. The modern town spans...
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    Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry...
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