Indian River Hundred in Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Indian River Hundred

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

1. Indian River Hundred Marker

Inscription. So named in 1706. This hundred together with Lewes and Rehoboth, Broadkill, and Cedar Creek Hundreds, formed what the early settlers called “Old Sussex.”

Erected by Historic Marker Commission 1932. (Marker Number SC-53.)

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 1706.

Location. 38° 35.699′ N, 75° 17.458′ W. Marker is in Millsboro, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Indian River Hundred. It is on John J. Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24) near Jersey Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Millsboro DE 19966, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Delaware’s Beaches.

It is also 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

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Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home of Richard S. Cordrey (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Askekesky (about 700 feet away); Home of John J. Williams (approx. 0.2 miles away); Millsboro's Oldest Commercial Structure: The Benjamin Burton Store, a part of the town's history (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named The Ableman Homestead (approx. ¼ mile away); Ball Theatre/Millstone Theatre (approx. ¼ mile away); Grace United Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millsboro.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Ableman Homestead (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. While there is no number on the marker itself, the updated online records of the Delaware Public Archives have this number listed as "SC-53".

Regarding Indian River Hundred. The name "hundred" is derived from the number one hundred. It may once have referred

Indian River Hundred Marker, looking south along John J. Williams Highway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

2. Indian River Hundred Marker, looking south along John J. Williams Highway

to an area liable to provide for a hundred men under arms, or containing roughly a hundred homesteads.
Counties in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were divided into hundreds in the seventeenth century, in imitation of the English system. They survive in Delaware (see List of Delaware Counties and Hundreds), and were used as tax reporting and voting districts until the 1960s, but now serve no administrative role, their only official legal use being in real-estate title descriptions

Indian River Hundred Marker at the Jersey Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

3. Indian River Hundred Marker at the Jersey Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,390 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 31, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.