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Abbotts Mill, Delaware
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216891[1]
Abbott's Mill
Abbott's Mill is located in Delaware
Abbott's Mill
Nearest cityMilford, Delaware
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha) (original)
9 acres (3.6 ha) (increase)
NRHP reference No.72000300 and 79003788[2]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1972 (original)
May 17, 1979 (increase)

Abbotts Mill is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Abbotts Mill is Template:Mi to km southwest of Milford.

Abbott's Mill is a historic site of an old grist mill in Sussex County, Delaware, near Milford.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 with a 0.4-acre (0.16 ha) area. The listed area was increased in 1979 to include a total of 4 contributing buildings, with an increase of a 9-acre (3.6 ha) area. The increased area includes a Gothic style work built in 1868.[2]

There's a historical marker for the old mill, placed on the north side of Abbotts Pond Road (County Road 620), across from Abbotts Pond.[4]

There's an Abbott's Mill Nature Center which offers tours of a grist mill and rolling mill.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abbott's Mill
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Showcase: Abbott's Mill".
  4. ^ "Delaware Public Archives: Abbott's Mill". State of Delaware.
  5. ^ "Abbott's Mill Nature Center".