Hurricane Mills

Hurricane Mills is a Tennessee historical marker in Humphreys County.

44 Hurricane Mills Rd

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George Hillman first operated a gristmill here in the 1870s, along with a general store and post office. In 1894 James T. Anderson bought the property and built the present-day mill and dam that generated the first electricity in Humphreys County, with a line running into Waverly. Flour milled here and finished wool produced here were sold across the South. A church and a school were also built. In 1966 Loretta and Mooney Lynn purchased Hurricane Mills and developed it into a popular attraction.

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Historical maps covering this location

1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Kentucky, Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1950 · Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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