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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 Rogers, Tharp, Causey, Burton, and Watson.

Installed in 1933.

Sponsors:

State of Delaware Marker Commission, 1933


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Location:

139 South Walnut Street, Milford, DE 19963


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