Downtown Branch Mills from the China Side, ~1910.  View in 2003.

Branch Mills is the name of the village we live in.  The village is split down the middle by the towns of China and Palermo, both in the wonderful state of Maine.  The "Branch" is the west branch of the Sheepscot River, on which beautiful Branch Pond is now situated because of some of our ancestors meddling with mother nature.  The aforementioned meddling produced the "Mills", no longer in use

If you (like myself) think Branch Mills is pretty cool, you might appreciate the rest of this page.  If you are curious why I have such interest in the area- I grew up here, I live here, and it is beautiful.  Please have fun exploring this part of Maine- the way life should be

Though the mill isn't cranking out the goods any more, these local operations are:


Palermo Town Office 207-993-2296
Palermo Volunteer Fire Department 207-993-2424
Palermo Historical Society meets the 4th Tuesday of each month in the Palermo town office at 7:00PM
Branch Mills Grange 207-993-2158
Branch Pond Association 207-487-3328
Palermo Christian Church
Kempton Tobey & Son General Contractor 207-993-2371
Tobeys General Store 207-993-2596
Branch Mills Union Church
Pilsbury Trucking Brokerage
Steve Childs General Contracting 207-993-2429
Palermo Post Office 207-993-2536