Detters Mill was a small 19th century community in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania

York County, Pennsylvania

York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 434,972. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania....

, about 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Wellsville

Wellsville, Pennsylvania

Wellsville is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census.-History:Wellsville changed very little visually during the twentieth century; the borough's appearance has remained that of a nineteenth-century community, complete with brick sidewalks...

, and 17 miles (27.4 km) southwest of Harrisburg

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

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In 1830, a local miller named George Sheffer constructed a stone grist mill on Harmony Grove Road near the confluence of Bermudian Creek

Bermudian Creek

Bermudian Creek is a tributary of Conewago Creek in Adams and York counties in Pennsylvania in the United States.Bermudian Creek joins Conewago Creek north of Pickett Hill and just south of Detters Mill.-References:...

 and Conewago Creek

Conewago Creek (west)

Conewago Creek is an tributary of the Susquehanna River in Adams and York counties in Pennsylvania in the United States, with its watershed also draining a small portion of Carroll County, Maryland. The source is at an elevation of , east of Caledonia State Park, in Franklin Township in Adams County...

. A few other families later constructed homes in the vicinity. The mill, located on the western bank of Conewago Creek, closed in the early 20th century and the community waned. As of 2008, the old mill is being used as an apartment complex.