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Accotink Mill (Site)

GPS Coordinates: 38.7070826, -77.1606373
Closest Address: 9155 Richmond Highway, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060

Accotink Mill (Site)

These coordinates mark the estimated site of the two old mills: a grist mill and lumber mill. No visible remains exist.


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Quakers founded the Accotink community in the vicinity of present-day Route 1 during the antebellum era. The Quaker settlement had transformed into a thriving village by the 1850s. Much of the economic activities centered around the Accotink Mill, as timber was the primary local business that drove the local economy and the mill thrived for several years after the Civil War.

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