Balls Mills is an unincorporated community on Route 973 in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It is located seven miles north of Williamsport on Mill Creek, which flows southwest into the Lycoming Creek.

History of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania,   Thomas W. Lloyd 1929,  

Chapter XVIII   Page 230

Balls Mills, another important hamlet in the township, was settled by a number of pioneers, one of whom was John Ball, who came to this country from England in 1798 and first settled near Hillsgrove, Sullivan County, afterwards coming to Hepburn Township. It was from him that Balls Mills took its name. His descendants are still living near the old homestead which he established, and the family has always been closely identified with the development of the township. One of John Ball’s sons, William Bail, built a fulling mill, a clover mill and later a cradle mill for manufacturing grain cradles. The product of this mill was sold all over the country, but principally in the West. It is still standing. Afterwards William Ball erected a woolen factory and a sawmill. Samuel Ball operated the cradle mill for several years and was very successful. The clover mill also proved a paying investment. Samuel Ball was an inventive genius, and many devices which afterwards proved profitable were the creatures of his active brain.