Visit a working water-powered flour mill and museum in Central Texas

Rex Jackson is chairman of the board of Anderson Mill Grist Mill and Museum. He shares information about it for the Standard’s Texas Museum Map series:

The Anderson Mill Grist Mill and Pioneer Museum in Volente features a full-scale replica of the original water-powered mill built by Thomas Anderson in 1861.

The original mill was located on the banks of Cyprus Creek and was known for its beauty and as an asset to the local community. Farmers from all over the area came with their families to process corn and cotton and to visit each other.

The original Anderson Mill before it was destroyed in 1941. (Courtesy of Julia Land)

The working replica of the original Anderson Mill and its outbuildings was completed by the Andersonville Garden Club in the 1960s. It was built just a few hundred feet from the original site, which was flooded by the construction of Mansfield Dam in 1941.

The museum displays many items belonging to the Anderson family and other pioneer families in the region.

Andersonville Garden Club volunteers continue to maintain the old mill, grinding corn kernels into cornmeal twice a year using the original methods.

The Mill Museum is open to the public every fourth Sunday of the month from March to October from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m