Eden Mill Nature Center is a

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Pylesville, Maryland Pylesville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the stat ...

, United States.

History

The center was a gristmill in the 1800s. The name comes from Father Eden. In 1917, it was made into a

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by remodeling the dam, and it continued to function as a mill until 1964. In 1991,

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purchased the center with the purpose of converting it into a park.

References

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