East Dover Hundred in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The State of Delaware Historical Markers Program
Photographed by Pete Skillman, May 1, 2025
1. Historical Markers Program Marker
Governor C. Douglass Buck appointed a committee in 1929 to review Delaware's notable historic sites and develop a way to identify them. In 1931, the General Assembly of Delaware passed and Governor Buck signed House Bill No. 62, an act establishing the Historic Markers Commission to erect historical markers across the state with the intent to indicate "points of historic interest throughout the State." Administration of the State of Delaware Historical Markers Program was transferred from State Museums to the Delaware Public Archives in 1990.
Erected 2025 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number DE-2.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.
Location. 39° 9.473′ N, 75° 31.234′ W. Marker is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in East Dover Hundred. It is on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard North, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address:
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Regionally, this marker 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 walking distance of this marker: Delaware Public Archives (a few steps from this marker); The First State Heritage Park of Dover (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Delaware (within shouting distance of this marker); We hold in respectful memory (within shouting distance of this marker); The Women of the Delaware Women's Military Service Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware Women's Service Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Legislative Hall: Delaware's Capitol Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware Women's Suffrage Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Pete Skillman, May 1, 2025
2. Historical Markers Program Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 56,162 times since then and 48 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week May 25, 2025. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 1, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
