Originally known as Broadkill Hundred, after creek of that name, kill being Dutch word for creek. Name changed by General Assembly 1833 when Georgetown Hundred was set off. In 1835 Act was repealed, and Broadkiln Hundred embraced same territory as before 1833. Georgetown Hundred again set off in 1861.
Installed in 1932.
Historical Markers Commission, 1932
16503 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958
Related Topics: Broadkill, Broadkiln, General Assembly, Historical Markers, hundred, Lewes, Sussex County
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