Town laid out, 1799. Then called “Hooper’s Landing.” First incorporated 1865. Seaford Academy located here from 1819 until some time before Civil War. Rev. Leonidas Polk, later Episcopal Bishop and Major General in Confederate Army was student at Academy. Home of William H. Ross, thirty-seventh Governor of Delaware.
Installed in 1932. Reinstalled in 1966.
Historic Markers Commission, 1932
Public Archives Commission, 1966
9109 Middleford Road, Seaford, DE 19973
Related Topics: Civil War, Confederate Army, Episcopal Bishop, Governor, Historical Markers, Hooper’s Landing, Reverend Leonidas Polk, Seaford, Seaford Academy, Sussex County, William H. Ross
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