Cedar Creek Hundred in Milford in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Milford

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

1. Milford Marker

Inscription. Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range". Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent County, new town in Sussex County. Home of Governors Rogers, Tharp, Causey, Burton, and Watson.

Erected by Public Archives Commission. (Marker Number SC-14.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1787.

Location. 38° 54.001′ N, 75° 26.391′ W. Marker is in Milford, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Cedar Creek Hundred. It is on Shawnee Road (U.S. 113) close to Shawnee Road (Delaware Route 36). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6493 Shawnee Road, Milford DE 19963, 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 markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Milford's Struggle for Educational Equality (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Vaules-Grier Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); Temple Lodge No. 9 A.F. & A.M. (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mispillion River Greenway Historical Sites (approx.

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0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Milford (approx. 0.9 miles away); Parson Thorne Mansion (approx. one mile away); Vale-Williams Memorial City Hall (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Milford (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milford.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, November 12, 2010

2. Milford Marker

This is a photo of the marker before it was repainted.

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

3. Milford Marker

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, November 12, 2010

4. Milford

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 682 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 5, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on December 1, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3. submitted on October 5, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4. submitted on December 1, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.