Marker Inscription
Community Planning and Develpment, Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Norway Mill
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About this site
Norway Mill is a historic place in Clifton, Bosque County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 35 historic places documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6933, -97.6567 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Omenson House (Reeder-Omenson House) (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Reeder-Omenson Farm, Norway Mills Cemetery, and Lahlum, A. H., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003113. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Norway Mill was a water-powered gristmill built about 1868 on the west bank of the Bosque River in the Norwegian settlement of Bosque County, where it ground flour and meal for area settlers and for the city of Waco. In its later years the mill also served as Clifton's first electric power plant before it ceased operation around 1905. The site anchors the Norse Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgchambersarchitects.comnpgallery.nps.gov
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Nearby in Bosque County
Historical Marker
Omenson House (Reeder-Omenson House)
Clifton · 1962
Historic Place
Reeder-Omenson Farm
Clifton · 1983
Cemetery
Norway Mills Cemetery
Bosque County
Historic Place
Lahlum, A. H., House
Clifton · 1983
Historic Place
Hoff-Ulland Farm
Clifton · 1983
Historical Marker
Norwegian Settlements in Bosque County
Clifton · 1969
Historical Marker
Colwick, John and Mary
Clifton · 1989
Historic Place
Ringness, Jens and Kari, Farm
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