List of windmills in the United States facts for kids
This is a list of "traditional" windmills in the United States, which usually are gristmills.
In this nation more than others, "windmill" is often used to refer to what are properly termed windpumps bringing up water for agriculture. This is at least partly due to usage by windpump builders Eclipse Windmill Company (1873) and Aermotor Windmill Company (1888, the sole surviving US "windmill" manufacturer). And it is also used by many to refer to modern wind turbines generating electricity.
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A windmill, in Texas
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A wind pump in Texas
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A wind turbine in Texas
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A wind engine applied unusually, to power a plow, in Texas
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This list aims to include only traditional-type windmills, with the exception that it also includes NRHP-listed historic windpumps known as windmills, such as the "Iron Turbine Windmill" in Arizona.
Windmills having coordinates below may be seen together in a map: click on "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right of this page.
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Arizona
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Turbine mill | Prescott 34°32′30″N 112°28′27″W / 34.54167°N 112.47417°W |
Iron windpump | 1876 |  |
California
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Windmill | San Francisco | Smock | 1905 | Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin Windmill World |
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| Dutch Windmill | San Francisco | Tower | 1902 | Windmill World |  |
| Solvang | Smock |  |
Florida
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill | Carl Fisher Casino, Miami Beach | Tower | 1920 | 1926 |
Illinois
Indiana
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson Mill | Kendalville | Post | 2000 | Replica of Robertson Mill, Williamsburg, Virginia |
Iowa
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danish Mill | Elk Horn 41°35′22″N 95°03′37″W / 41.58957°N 95.060371°W |
Smock | 1976 | Built in 1848 at Nørre-Snede, Denmark. Dismantled 1975 and re-erected at Elk Horn in 1976. |  |
| Vermeer Mill | Pella Historical Village, Pella 41°24′23″N 92°54′52″W / 41.40649°N 92.91446°W |
Smock | 2002 |  |
Kansas
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Windmill | Reamsville | Smock | 1879 | Moved to Smith Center, 1938 | |
| Old Dutch Mill | Smith Center 39°46.85′N 98°47.04′W / 39.78083°N 98.78400°W |
Smock | 1938 | ||
| Old Dutch Mill | Wamego 39°12′13″N 96°18′08″W / 39.20361°N 96.30222°W |
Tower | 1925 | ||
| Windmill | near Wamego (12 miles (19 km) north of town) | Tower | 1879 | Dismantled 1925 and re-erected at Wamego. |
Maine
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Bailey Farm mill | Anson 44°51′45″N 69°55′49″W / 44.86250°N 69.93028°W |
1905 |  |
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| Hatch's Mill | Castine | c1800 1815 |
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| Windmill at 12 Madockawando Rd. | 12 Madockawando Rd., Castine 44°23′01″N 68°48′38″W / 44.38355°N 68.81064°W |
"antique windmill folly was built as a piano studio over a century ago" |
Massachusetts
Michigan
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Mill | Dearborn | Smock | 1660 in Massachusetts | Windmill World |  |
| De Zwaan | Holland | Smock | 1761 in the Netherlands |  |
Minnesota
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seppman Mill | Minneopa State Park, Mankato 44°09′44″N 94°06′08″W / 44.162188°N 94.102180°W |
Tower | 1864 |  |
Missouri
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Bevo Mill | St. Louis 38°34′54″N 90°16′01″W / 38.58174°N 90.26697°W |
Smock |  |
New Jersey
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Volendam Mill | Holland Township 40°35′48″N 75°09′50″W / 40.5966°N 75.1639°W |
Smock | 1965 |  |
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| Great Western Mill]] | Paulus Hook, New Jersey 40°43′00″N 74°02′01″W / 40.71659°N 74.03348°W |
Smock | 1806 | Edge's father shipped it to him from England. Built in Brooklyn Heights, moved to Paulus Hook 1812, moved to Southold 1839, Burnt 1870 |  ]] |
New Mexico
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Eclipse mill | Moriarty 34°59′48″N 106°04′55″W / 34.99667°N 106.08194°W |
1890 |
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Windmill | Marsh Island | 1789 | Demolished 1852. |
South Dakota
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Image | |
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| Holland Grist Windmill | Milbank 45°13′18″N 96°37′10″W / 45.22167°N 96.61944°W |
Smock mill | 1882 | Windmill World |  |
Tennessee
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| McKenzie Windmill | Georgetown 35°21′23″N 84°54′55″W / 35.35639°N 84.91528°W |
Iron windpump | 1931 |
Texas
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill | Sheffield 30°44′44″N 101°58′30″W / 30.74556°N 101.97500°W |
Iron windpump | 1898 | ||
| Victoria Grist Windmill | Victoria 28°48′04″N 97°00′05″W / 28.80111°N 97.00139°W |
Smock | 1870 |  |
Vermont
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Windmill | Alburgh | Tower | c1731 | Standing 1749 |
Virginia
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Flowerdew Hundred Mill | Flowerdew Hundred | 1612 | |||
| Flowerdew Hundred Mill | Flowerdew Hundred | Post | 1978 | ||
| Robertson Mill | Williamsburg | Post | 1621 | Standing in 1723. | |
| Robertson Mill | Williamsburg | Post | |||
| Buckner's Mill | Yorktown | Smock | 1711 | Destroyed by tornado in late 19th century | |
| Akers′ Mill | Yorktown | Smock | 2011 | Reconstruction of William Buckner's Mill near original site |
Washington
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Cambern Mill | Spokane 47°38′43″N 117°23′20″W / 47.64528°N 117.38889°W |
1929 |
Wisconsin
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Davidson Windmill | Superior 46°38′56″N 91°54′21″W / 46.64889°N 91.90583°W |
Smock | 1900 | Eight sails | |
| Little Chute Windmill | Little Chute 44°17′3″N 88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W |
Smock | Constructed by Verbij Hoogmade BV | ||
| Waupun Dutch Windmill | Waupun 44°17′3″N 88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W |
Smock | |||
| Pilgrim Family Farmstead | |||||
| Windmill at Robert M. Lamp Cottage | Lake Mendota, Madison | Windmill built 1902–03 to bring water to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage on an island in Lake Mendota. | |||
| Romeo and Juliet Windmill |
Insular Areas
Puerto Rico
| Windmill | Type | Built | Notes | Image | |
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| Ingenio Azucarero Vives | Guayama 17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W |
Tower | 1828 | Spanish colonial sugar mill | .jpg) |
US Virgin Islands
| Windmill | Type | Built | Notes | Image |
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| Estate La Reine | ||||
| Estate Mount Victory |
See also
- List of windmills
- Wind power in Rhode Island
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