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

Godwin's School - District #190

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

1. Godwin's School - District #190 Marker

Inscription.
On March 10, 1896, the State Board of Education approved a resolution recommending the creation of a new school district to serve the needs of local residents. The recommendation was forwarded to the Sussex County Levy Court with a petition from fifteen property owners stating that the neighborhood possessed more than the 35 “scholars” required to consider their request. The creation of District #190 was formally approved the following June.

A subscription was circulated to raise funds to construct a school here on land provided by local storeowner Jacob Reese Godwin. The new school was named in his honor. Classes were held here until 1936, when the district was consolidated with Millsboro School #23.

Erected 1999 by The Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-129.)

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 month for this entry is March 1872.

Location. 38° 36.041′ N, 75° 20.796′ W. Marker is in Millsboro, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is on Hardscrabble Road (Delaware Route 20) near Godwin School Road (County Road 410), on the right when traveling east. 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 Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial Fountain (approx. 2 miles away); POW ★ MIA (approx. 2 miles away); Stockley Tavern (approx. 2 miles away); Bethesda Methodist Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (approx. 3 miles away); Home of John J. Williams (approx. 3 miles away); Indian River Hundred (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named The Ableman Homestead (approx. 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. 3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Godwin's School - District #190 and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

2. Godwin's School - District #190 and Marker

Godwin's School - District #190 seen from Godwin School Road, State Rt 20 in background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

3. Godwin's School - District #190 seen from Godwin School Road, State Rt 20 in background

Godwin's School - District #190 with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 20, 2011

4. Godwin's School - District #190 with Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 842 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 6, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.