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KC-28:

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.

Sponsors:

Installed by the Historic Markers Commission



Location:

909 Walnut Street, Milford, DE 19963


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