The Fine Creek Mills Historic District is located off Route 641 near its intersection with Route 711 in Powhatan County. Situated at a bend in the road where it crossed Fine Creek at the lower falls, the community of Fine Creek Mills developed as early as the 1730s when a gristmill was established there. The area also served as a crossing point for the creek and as an access point for the ferry across the James River at Lee’s Landing. Although a number of buildings no longer exist and alterations have been made to the surviving buildings, the Fine Creek Mills Historic District retains its visual cohesiveness as a rural community that developed around a commercial center. The variety of functions represented by the surviving buildings (mill, gatehouse, school, store, and associated domestic structures), which date from the early 18th century to the early 20th century, illustrate the community’s life and vital components.