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SC-26: Originally installed in 1933.
Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. The village was located on a 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. The old town in Kent County, a new town in Sussex County. Home of Governors Tharp Causey, Burton and Watson.
Location: 121 South Walnut St. Milford, DE 19963
Related Topics: Historical Markers, Milford