Windmill Point

Windmill Point is a Virginia historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1998.

Rte. 695, at end of road

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During the War of 1812, the British blockaded the Chesapeake Bay and sent raiding vessels up the rivers and creeks to plunder and destroy property. The lookout at Windmill Point (about a mile east) on Fleet's Island reported that on 23 April 1814, the enemy "landed near Windmill [Point] or North Point (about 2 miles northwest) and plundered a poor man … of a boat, everything he was worth." A detachment of the 92nd Regiment of Lancaster Militia posted in the vicinity fired across a creek nearby and drove the British back to their ship. This was the final raid of the War of 1812 in Lancaster County.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1787 · [French troops route to Yorktown] (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)
1794 · A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeak including Delaware Bay with all the… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of Virginia (lower right sheet), 1807, covering the location of Windmill Point, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of Virginia (lower right sheet), 1807, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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