St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
KC-125: Founded in 1740, St. Peter’s was originally located near Duck Creek on the old King’s Highway. In 1762 the congregation moved to a newly constructed stone chapel on the site of St. Peter’s Cemetery. When the chapel fell into disrepair, the congregation built a church on Union Street in 1827. Stones from the old […]
Town of Clayton
KC-59: First known as Smyrna Station, the Town of Clayton began when the railroad came to this area in the mid-1850’s. In 1860, the name was changed to honor Delawarean John M. Clayton, a former United States Secretary of State and strong advocate of the railroad. Incorporated on April 15, 1887. Clayton became one of […]
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
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Smyrna
RG# 6150 In the early eighteenth century, a settlement was formed where the Smyrna River intersected the Kings Road; known as Salisbury, it was later renamed Duck Creek Village. Another settlement, called Duck Creek Landing, was formed on the river to the east of Duck Creek Village in more navigable waters. In 1768, Samuel […]
Duck Creek Hundred
KC-1: Originally embraced all lands south of Duck Creek and north of Leipsic Creek from Delaware River to Maryland line. In 1869 western half of hundred was detached and joined to western half of Little Creek Hundred to form Kenton Hundred. Installed in 1932. Replaced in 2022 Sponsors: Installed by the Historic Markers Commission Marker […]
Smyrna Opera House and Town Hall
KC-77: In the spring of 1869, the Commissioners of Smyrna approved a plan to erect a Town Hall. Responding to the long-held desire of the citizens for a venue for public gatherings, architect Richard Mitchell designed the building to include a “hall” on the second floor. Ground was broken on July 15, 1869, and the […]
Home of Allen McLane
KC-60A: For many years this home was the property of Colonel Allen McLane, statesman, and hero of the American Revolution. Born in Philadelphia August 8, 1746, McLane had moved to Delaware by 1769. His military career began when he was commissioned as an officer in the state militia in 1775. After the outbreak of the […]
Citizens’ Hose Company No. 1, Inc.
KC-106: The history of Citizens’ Hose Company No. 1, Inc. began on January 6, 1886, when thirty residents of Smyrna voted to “go into permanent organization” to serve the firefighting needs of the community. Their charter was approved by the Delaware Legislature on January 19, 1886. The Smyrna Opera House was expanded to accommodate the […]
Smyrna Photograph Exhibit
Delaware Public Archives Digital Archive
The Tragic Odyssey of Obie Evans and other African-Americans in Civil War Delaware
Join us on Saturday, November 5, 10:30 a.m. as the Delaware Public Archives continues its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War with a program entitled “The Tragic Odyssey of Obie Evans and other African-Americans in Civil-War Delaware.” Obie Evans escaped slavery, survived the Battle of the Crater, and participated in Baltimore’s post-war street […]
