Yates Mill is a fully restored, circa 1756 gristmill located five miles (8 km) south of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

The land on which the mill is situated was surveyed for Samuel Pearson in October 1756, and granted to him by the Earl of Granville, one of the North Carolina colony's Lord Proprietors.

William Boylan, a prominent Raleigh businessman and director of the State Bank, bought the property, and over the next 30 years modernized the mill several times, adding a sawmill in the 1840s.

A decade later, in the midst of the Civil War, the partners sold the mill and surrounding 94 acres (380,000 m2) to Phares and Roxanna Yates, James Penny's son-in-law and daughter.

In 1865, Franklin's widow supposedly told Federal troops occupying Raleigh that her husband's death was due to his support for the Union.

Ten years later, North Carolina State University acquired the property, consolidating it into a larger tract to be used as an experimental farm.

North Carolina State University provided 154 acres (0.62 km2) on a long-term lease and will use the park for ongoing natural history research.