Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called “Saw-Mill Range.” Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent County, new town in Sussex County. Home of Governors Tharp, Causey, Burton, and Watson.
Installed in 1933.
Installed by the Historic Markers Commission
909 Walnut Street, Milford, DE 19963
Related Topics: Fording Place, Governor Peter Causey, Governor William Burton, Governor William Tharp, Governor William Tharp Watson, Historical Markers, Joseph Oliver, Kent County, Milford, Mispillion Creek, Reverend Sydenham Thorne, Saw-Mill Range, Sussex County
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