Historical Markers and War Memorials in Millsboro, Delaware
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Millsboro is in Sussex County
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On John J Williams Highway (State Highway 24) near Mt. Joy / Oak Orchard Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
In the ancient past Delaware was crossed by a network of Paths first forged by large animals and herds of buffalo migrating along the coast searching for food and salt deposits. The first settlers in this first state were The Nanticoke (Tidewater) . . . — — Map (db m245035) HM
On Morris Street at Cubalo Street, on the right when traveling north on Morris Street.
In 1711, the Colony of Maryland authorized Colonel William Whittington to survey a tract of 1000 acres near this location for a reservation for the Indian River Indians, who ere remnant groups of the Assateague and Nanticoke Indians. The Indian . . . — — Map (db m190344) HM
On Lowes Crossing Road (County Road 61) near Careys Camp Road, on the right when traveling west.
In the early part of the twentieth century, members of the Old Jones’ Methodist Church began to search for a more central location for the congregation to worship. Although the land for the new church was donated by Sarah C. Collins in 1914, . . . — — Map (db m48564) HM
On Bethel Road (County Road 419) near Maryland, Wicomoco (County Road 166), on the left when traveling north.
During the late 18th century Methodist itinerants traveled throughout the peninsula. Their efforts were well-received in rural areas such as this, described as the “heart of Methodism” in the 1780’s. The seeds sown by those early travelers continued . . . — — Map (db m60914) HM
On John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24) 0.2 miles east of Rock Pile Way, on the right when traveling east.
Before Dutch control of what is now Sussex County. Native American Iwatama Socuum held "Long Reach," now Bullseye-Ferry Landing Preserve. After 1674, when the Dutch left, it was held by the Waples family and later, the Faucett family. In 1696, Peter . . . — — Map (db m245054) HM
On Careys Camp Road, on the left when traveling east.
Carey's is one of the few campgrounds still in existence on the Delmarva Peninsula. * The Tabernacle where the
Evangelistic services are held each summer is encircled by 47 tents, occupied only during camp. * Many changes
have been made over . . . — — Map (db m49791) HM
On Careys Camp Road, on the left when traveling east.
By the late eighteenth century a Methodist Society had been organized in this area. In 1888, two years after the construction of Carey’s Church, the first official Carey’s Camp Meeting was held in the grove adjoining the church. These first . . . — — Map (db m48565) HM
On Legion Road, 0.1 miles east of John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 5/24), on the left when traveling west.
For those who answered the call to duty and have yet to return to family and home.
This chair is reserved as a seat of honor that they are not forgotten — — Map (db m190349) WM
On East Dupont Blvd. (U.S. 113), on the right when traveling north.
On May 2, 1868, the African Methodist
Episcopal Church purchased land west
of Millsboro from John M. Burton and
first church building was soon built.
In 1885, the Church officially changed
its name to Dickersons Chapel to honor
Bishop . . . — — Map (db m48859) HM
On Hardscrabble Road (Delaware Route 20) near Godwin School Road (County Road 410), on the right when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m48862) HM
On East Church near Morris Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1827 a Methodist Society was formed in this community, then known as Washington. On February 16, 1828, representatives of the congregation purchased a parcel of land for the purpose of erecting “a house or place of worship” for its members. . . . — — Map (db m48585) HM
On Millsboro Highway (Delaware Route 26) near Daisey Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 1919 the Delaware General Assembly
enacted legislation to reform the state’s
system of public education. Through the
efforts of P.S. DuPont and the Delaware
School Auxiliary Association, a program
to replace many of the state’s . . . — — Map (db m49015) HM
On Main Street (County Road 413) near Shell Station Road (County Road 427), on the right when traveling north.
Gumboro United Methodist Church traces its
roots from the post Civil War era when a group
of local citizens organized under the name
of Union Methodist Episcopal Church. In
the early 1870s the Church purchased the
structure used by the . . . — — Map (db m49014) HM
On John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24), on the right when traveling west.
This congregation was organized in 1818 by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On March 20, 1819, trustees Purnal Johnson, Burton Johnson, William Hanzor, John Cornish, and Mitchell Johnson, purchased one half acre of land in Indian River . . . — — Map (db m37934) HM
On West State Street at Washington Street (Delaware Route 30), on the right when traveling west on West State Street.
Born May 17, 1904, John J, Williams was
a native and lifelong resident of Sussex
County, Delaware. After completing his
education in local public schools, he
established the Millsboro Feed Company
with his brother in 1922. Rapid growth of
. . . — — Map (db m37936) HM
On John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24) just east of Rosedale Way, on the right when traveling east.
The Nanticoke Indian Tribe established Indian Mission School on this site in the 1920s. Tribal members built and operated a one-room school to educate Nanticoke students in grades 1-8. In 1948, the original wood-framed structure burned in a fire and . . . — — Map (db m190345) HM
On John J. Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24) near Jersey Road, on the right when traveling north.
So named in 1706. This hundred together with Lewes and Rehoboth, Broadkill, and Cedar Creek Hundreds, formed what the early settlers called “Old Sussex.” — — Map (db m48583) HM
On Coastal Highway (Delaware Route 1), on the right when traveling north.
With the expansion of the nation’s maritime commerce following the Civil War, the need for improved methods of assisting ships in distress was apparent. Built in 1876 by the United States Life-Saving Service, the Indian River Life-Saving Station was . . . — — Map (db m37068) HM
On Legion Road just east of John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 5/24), on the left when traveling west.
The Patton Tank was too late for the Korean war but used in the Vietnam War by the United States Army & the United States Marine Corp and it was the last of the medium tanks made.
A total of 11,703 were made in many . . . — — Map (db m190351) HM
Near Patriots Way, 0.1 miles north of Fire Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Since World War I, more than 92,000 American soldiers are unaccounted for.
This unoccupied seat is dedicated to the memory of these brave men and women and to the sacrifices each made in serving this country.
God bless you. God bless . . . — — Map (db m199252) WM
On West State Street (County Road 326), on the right when traveling east.
The first organized services for members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this community were conducted by Rev. John A. Childs in a local schoolhouse in the mid 1840s. As a result of the declining condition of Prince George’s Chapel in nearby . . . — — Map (db m38195) HM
On Main Street (Delaware Route 24/30) near West State Street (County Route 326), on the left when traveling north.
An inn, one of several built in Delaware
towns during this period, was established
on this corner at the end of the 18th century
and remained open until the end of the
19th century. This site was purchased by
Abel Ableman and occupied from . . . — — Map (db m37299) HM
On Wilson Highway (County Route 339B) near Mitchell Street (County Route 83), on the right when traveling north.
For countless centuries, this was an
important meeting place for the Native
American residents of the Delmarva Peninsula.
In 1792, the state legislature authorized
the construction of a mill dam “across
the head of the waters of . . . — — Map (db m49019) HM
On Westwoods Road (County Road 426), on the right when traveling west.
During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring the message of his faith to the people. The efforts of Reverend Garrettson and others who followed were met with considerable success. Numerous . . . — — Map (db m48567) HM
On Gravel Hill Road (State Highway 30) near Zoar Road (County Road 48), on the right when traveling north.
Zoar Methodist Church was founded in the late 18th century. Bishops Coke and Asbury are believed to have ministered to congregations in a log structure which served as the first church building. A cypress-shingle church was constructed after the . . . — — Map (db m60454) HM
On Warwick Cove Way, 0.1 miles west of Gull Point Rd, on the right when traveling west.
On this site was located the Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort. The hotel and resort operated from the early 1900s to the 1970s. In the pre-integration era of the 20th century, there were very few places for people of color to go for entertainment and . . . — — Map (db m200986) HM
