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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Halifax, West Yorkshire (redirect from Halifax (town, England))
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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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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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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Mexico, Maine (redirect from Mexico (town), Oxford County, Maine)
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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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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Brattleboro, Vermont (redirect from Brattleboro (town), Windham County, Vermont)
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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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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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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Wilton, Maine (redirect from Wilton (town), Franklin County, ME)
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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Waltonville, Illinois (redirect from Mill Town, Illinois)
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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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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Mississippi Mills is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County on the Mississippi River. It is made up of the former Townships of Ramsay and...
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Springfield, Vermont (redirect from Goulds Mill, Vermont)
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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Rumford, Maine (redirect from Rumford (town), Oxford County, Maine)
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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Rumford Mill is a pulp mill and paper mill located in the United States town of Rumford, Maine. The mill has two kraft pulp lines and three paper machines...
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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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Port Gamble, Washington (redirect from Port Gamble, Mill Town)
ocean commerce, was founded as a company town by Josiah Keller, William Talbot, and Andrew Pope's Puget Mill Company in 1853. In 1856, USS Massachusetts...
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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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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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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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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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Quiet Corner (section Mill villages)
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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The Town Mill is a Grade II listed 18th-century watermill located in the centre of Guildford on the River Wey. The earliest recorded mill on the site...
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Thorp, Washington (section Mill town and railroad era)
Thorp Mill - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Thorp Grade School - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Thorp Mill Town Historical...
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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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Millinocket, Maine (redirect from Millinocket (town), Penobscot County, Maine)
bankruptcy protection for its Millinocket and East Millinocket mills. Since then, the mill town has struggled to reshape its economy, while receiving significant...
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