Northwest Fork Hundred in Bridgeville in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

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Site of Jacobs School #143

Photographed by F. Robby, December 8, 2007

1. Site of Jacobs School #143 Marker

Inscription. In 1863 the Sussex County Levy Court formally approved the creation of a new school district to serve the needs of local citizens. A frame schoolhouse was constructed on this site on land provided by Thomas Jacobs. Measuring twenty feet in width and thirty-two feet in length, this was a one-room school with a single teacher who was responsible for teaching all students in grades 1-6. Classes were conducted at this location until 1917, when road improvements led to the movement of the building to a site one-third a mile northwest. The school was then expanded and renovated. Jacobs School #143 was closed following the consolidation of the district with Bridgeville District #90 in 1929.

Erected 2005 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-132.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 38° 43.254′ N, 75° 35.163′ W. Marker was in Bridgeville, Delaware, in Sussex County. It was in Northwest Fork Hundred. It was on Seashore Highway (Delaware Route

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404) 0.2 miles east of Sussex Highway (U.S. 13), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Bridgeville DE 19933, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Site of Jacobs School #143 (a few steps from this marker); Elizabeth Smith-Cornish (approx. 1.4 miles away); Jack Lewis (approx. 1.4 miles away); Edward Redfield (approx. 1.7 miles away); Old Bridgeville Firehouse (approx. 1.7 miles away); Bridgeville, Delaware (approx. 1.8 miles away); Seaford Hundred (approx. 1.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bridgeville.

Also see . . . Delaware Public Archives. The Delaware Public Archives has replaced this sign and re-numbered it as SC-131. (Submitted on April 30, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Site of Jacobs School #143 Marker, looking west along Route 404 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

2. Site of Jacobs School #143 Marker, looking west along Route 404

Site of Jacobs School #143 Marker looking east image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

3. Site of Jacobs School #143 Marker looking east

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,032 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.