Nanticoke Hundred near Georgetown in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Cokesbury Church

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

1. Cokesbury Church Marker

Inscription. A Methodist meeting house was erected nearby circa 1803. In December of that year, the lot on which the building stood was conveyed to trustees on the condition that they finish and maintain the structure as a church and school. The building was named Cokesbury Chapel to honor Methodist Episcopal Bishop Thomas Coke. It continued to serve the congregation until the present church was completed in 1869. Regular services were discontinued in 1975. The property was formally conveyed to the Cokesbury Church Trustees in 1999, and the building was reopened as a nondenominational house of worship in October, 2000.

Erected 2001 by The Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-151.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 2000.

Location. 38° 41.526′ N, 75° 28.835′ W. Marker is near Georgetown, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Nanticoke Hundred. It is on Seashore Highway (Delaware Route 404) near Cokesbury Road (County Road 529), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15092 Seashore Highway, Georgetown DE 19947, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

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markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Governor John Collins (approx. 2.4 miles away); Hebron Methodist Protestant (M.P.) Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Hebron Methodist-Protestant Church and Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Chaplain's Chapel United Methodist Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Delaware Technical and Community College (approx. 4 miles away); William C. Jason Comprehensive High School (approx. 4 miles away); Seaford Hundred (approx. 4.2 miles away); McColley's Chapel (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.

Cokesbury Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

2. Cokesbury Church and Marker

Cokesbury Church Marker, looking west along Seashore Highway (DE 404) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

3. Cokesbury Church Marker, looking west along Seashore Highway (DE 404)

Cokesbury Church and Marker at Seashore Highway and Cokesbury Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

4. Cokesbury Church and Marker at Seashore Highway and Cokesbury Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,508 times since then and 36 times this year. Last updated on September 30, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 19, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.