Georgetown Hundred
SC-16. First created 1833, by Act of General Assembly, which provided that Broadkill Hundred be divided into two hundreds, the eastern to be known as Broadkiln and the western as Georgetown. In 1835 this Act was repealed and Georgetown Hundred disapeared. It was recreated in 1861. Location: US 113 @ Ellendale Forest & Woodland […]
Gumboro Hundred
SC-58. Created 1873 by Act of General Assembly from the southern parts of Broad Creek and Dagsboro Hundreds. Location: Millsboro Gumboro Highway East side near Mission 12 mi. from Millsboro near MD line Millsboro, DE 19966
Indian River Hundred
SC-53. So named in 1706. This hundred together with Lewes and Rehoboth, Broadkill, and Cedar Creek Hundreds, formed what the early settlers called “Old Sussex.” Location: S. side of Indian River, E. side of road. Millsboro, DE
Iron Hill
NC-54. Indian names, Marettico, meaning hill of hard stone, and Susquasehum, meaning iron. Minqua Indians had a fort on hill which Senecas attacked, 1663. British troops encamped on hill, 1777, and American troops, under Caesar A. Rodney, 1814. Iron discovered prior to 1661. Mined until 1891. Largest ore pit one mile north. Location: 1.5 […]
John Hunn
John McKinly President (Governor) of Delaware, 1777
NCC-81: Delaware’s only known foreign-born governor, John McKinly emigrated from Northern Ireland to Wilmington in 1742, began a medical practice and became actively involved in Delaware politics. McKinly served as a member of the Colonial Assembly, President of the Council of Safety, President (Governor) of Delaware, and helped to establish the Delaware Medical Society. He […]
Kenton Hundred
KC-7. Created in 1969 by joining of western halves of Duck Creek and Little Creek Hundreds. Is bounded on north by Blackbird Hundred in New Castle County, and on the east by Duck Creek and Little Creek Hundreds, on south by East Dover and West Dover Hundreds, and on west by Maryland line. Location: […]
Epworth Cemetery
SC-159. On June 6, 1890, Benjamin Harrison Elliott and his wife, Sarah Ann Hastings Elliott, donated this land and building materials for the construction of Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church. They had previously donated land for the site of Sycamore Public School, which was located directly in front of this cemetery. Prior to the construction of […]
East Dover Hundred
KC-21. Originally part of St. Jones Hundred, renamed Dover Hundred 1823, the boundaries being Little Creek on north and St. Jones on south, extending from Delaware River to Maryland line. Dover Hundred was divided 1877 into two hundreds called East Dover Hundred and West Dover Hundred. Location: US 113A @ Moores Lake Parking Area Dover, […]
Dover
KC-37. County seat since 1680. William Penn in 1683 ordered Town site laid out and named Dover. Plotted in 1717. Temporary capitol in 1777 and permanent capitol since 1779. Federal Constitution ratified here in 1787, making Delaware first State in Union. State Constitutional Convention held here in 1791-1792, 1831, 1852, and 1897. Location: Between Lynn Haven […]
