Before the American Revolution the area where Anthony and Quidnick are today was originally named Greeneville for the Greene Family who had operated an iron forge in the mid-18th century.[2] By 1811 the village was renamed Taftville for Stephen Taft a local cotton manufacturer.[2] After the Sprague family acquired the village in 1840, they changed the name to Quidnick, which is a Native American word meaning “at the end of the hill.”[2] The current Quidnick Mill Complex was constructed in 1848.[2]
