Started in 1933 during the Great Depression, family-owned Frank Thomas Sawmill continues to serve Fallston with locally sold green and kiln-dried lumber. The sawmill also custom-mills customers’ logs up to 24 inches in diameter and 20 feet long, with limited millwork available for woodworking and building projects. Its small-business character extends beyond lumber: the company also sells seasonal honey from its own bees.
JB Mill & Fabricating, IncFounded by Jeff Bloise in 1986 as a one-man pallet-and-crate shop, JB Mill & Fabricating now turns locally harvested timber into hardwood lumber, custom industrial wood products and landscape materials in western Pennsylvania. Still family-owned and operated, the company has grown to 35 acres and more than 100 employees, while its hardwood lumber supplies local furniture makers and its products reach customers across more than 20 states. Its foresters also work directly with landowners on customized timber-management plans, connecting forest stewardship with the mill’s production.NEW WILMINGTON, PA
Deer Park Lumber, IncFounded in 1982 by Ron Andrews in Tunkhannock, Deer Park Lumber is a second-generation, family-owned sawmill and forestry services company producing kiln-dried Northern Appalachian hardwood lumber. The company produces approximately 15 million board feet annually and serves domestic and international markets, while its forestry team helps landowners manage timber with long-term regeneration and conservation in mind. Deer Park also puts its sustainability principles into practice by heating its kilns with sawdust and finding uses for nearly all of its wood byproducts.TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Heacock LumberHeacock Lumber is a family sawmill dating to 1918 that produces rough-cut hardwood lumber and custom-saws logs at its Bucks County mill. The Hunsberger family has operated the sawmill since purchasing it in 1974, continuing a local tradition that includes making survey stakes and turning milling byproducts into mulch and firewood. Its timber work follows Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania practices, with an emphasis on long-term woodlot management rather than clearcutting.PLUMSTEADVILLE, PA
Hankle Lumber IncFamily members have logged Northeastern New York timber since 1954, and Hankle Lumber Inc. remains family owned and operated today. Based in East Nassau, the company turns regional logs into native lumber for customers ranging from builders to local farms, with its sawmill’s wood by-products also serving agricultural and landscaping uses.EAST NASSAU, NY