Bollinger Mill pairs a mill and covered bridge at Burfordville

Bollinger Mill State Historic Site gives Cape Girardeau County a rural historic anchor away from the city riverfront. Missouri State Parks says visitors can learn how wheat and corn were ground in a massive four-story mill that dates to the Civil War era. The same source points to the Burfordville Covered Bridge and the Whitewater River setting.

This is a county note because it explains a real place layer: Burfordville, the mill, the bridge, and the river sit in the Cape Girardeau County story, but the official source for site hours, maps, advisories, and visitor rules is Missouri State Parks.

For a resident or visitor, check the state historic site source before planning a tour, picnic, school visit, or local-history stop.