In 1644, England gave Edward Howell 40 acres (16 ha) of land near the new settlement of Southampton to build a mill for settlers to grind their grain into meal.
By the 1800s, the area was known as Water Mills and was later changed to Water Mill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Mill,_New_York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Mill,_New_York
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1644