Milford Hundred in Houston in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War II Memorial

1941 - 1945

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 5, 2024

1. World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription. In honor of those members of Houston Volunteer Fire Co. who served in World War II Coulbourne, W. Johnson • Counselman, William B. • Benson, Chester C. • Harding, Ernest • Johnson, John Wesley • Morgan, S. Franklin

Marvel, Chester D. • Minner, William D. • Parvis, Josiah M. • Purcell, Armour • Sapp, Hummell • Sapp, Jr. William H.

Sapp, Dewey • Scott, Edward • Smith, Sr., Carl C. • Wilson, Elmer • Wagemaker, John • Wagemaker, Marinus

Erected by Houston Volunteer Fire Co.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • War, World II.

Location. 38° 55.05′ N, 75° 30.31′ W. Memorial is in Houston, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Milford Hundred. It is at the intersection of Broad Street and Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 143 Broad St, Houston DE 19954, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Griffith's Chapel (approx. 1½ miles away); Abbott's Mill (approx. 2.7 miles away); Colonel John Haslet (approx. 3.3 miles

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away); Delaware State Fair (approx. 3.6 miles away); Milford (approx. 3.7 miles away); Milford's Struggle for Educational Equality (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named Milford (approx. 3.8 miles away); Parson Thorne Mansion (approx. 3.8 miles away).

Houston Volunteer Fire Department image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 5, 2024

2. Houston Volunteer Fire Department

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.