Historical Markers and War Memorials in Milford, Delaware
Dover is the county seat for Kent County
Milford is in Kent County
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It is believed that parishioners of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church were worshiping in a private residence on North Street by 1859. The church eventually moved to a site on Church Street to accommodate the growing congregation. On March 2, . . . — — Map (db m69034) HM
Christ Church Mispillion was the second parish in Delaware established by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Rev. Thomas Crawford first held services of the Church of England in lower Kent County in 1704. The . . . — — Map (db m69033) HM
Colonel John Haslet-A native of Ulster, Ireland, John Haslet was born circa 1728 and emigrated to America about 1757. After playing an active role in the Pennsylvania militia during the French and Indian War, Haslet eventually settled in the Milford . . . — — Map (db m142542) HM
Near Fisher Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Mispillion Street, on the left when traveling north.
History of Goat Island
This nine-acre island was created in 1927 when the Army Corps of Engineers dug a channel removing the oxbow and straighten the river. At that time, shipbuilding and agriculture were important industries in Milford and . . . — — Map (db m198913) HM
In memory of Joseph Oliver who departed this life February 28, twenty minutes after seven in the morning in the Year of our Lord 1807 aged about eighty years.
Joseph Oliver was owner of land North of the Mispillion River, formally known as Saw . . . — — Map (db m41882) HM
On Northeast Front Street (Delaware Route 14) just east of Denny Row. Reported unreadable.
This American Liberty Elm was named after “The Liberty Tree", our country’s first symbol of freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover their stamp collector hung in effigy suspended from a giant elm. A few . . . — — Map (db m227857) HM
On N Front Street (Delaware Route 14) near Maple Street, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m36909) HM
On N Walnut Street (County Route 20), on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m36950) HM
Near Fisher Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Mispillion Street, on the left when traveling north.
Milford Parks and Recreation Director, Gary L. Emory, sits on the bank of Goat Island in the Mispillion River (1981). In the background the newly constructed Milford Police Department can be seen. Goat Island was the first parcel of land acquired by . . . — — Map (db m198909) HM
On Northeast Front Street just east of Denny Row, on the right when traveling east.
Milford honors her
men and women who
have served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States in
all wars
In memory of
the founders, builders
and defenders of
our home town
In memory of
Thomas G. Hanley
for . . . — — Map (db m142551) WM
The metal observation tower at Big Stone Beach was one of five constructed in Delaware between World Wars I and II to reinforce nearby Fort Saulsbury. These towers formed an integral part of the fort’s fire control system. Built from metal and . . . — — Map (db m142612) HM
Near NW Front Street (Delaware Route 14) near Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This historic building lies within a 1,750
acre Duke of York land patent called Saw Mill
Range granted to Henry Bowman in 1680. The
first known resident of this portion of the
tract was Joseph Booth, who purchased 510
acres from the Bowman . . . — — Map (db m37393) HM
On North Street at NW 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
The beginning of Methodism in this community
can be traced to the organization of a local
“society” in 1777. Early meetings were held
in the homes of its members. On December 3, 1787,
Joseph Oliver conveyed a lot of ground at . . . — — Map (db m36888) HM
On Northwest 2nd Street at North Walnut Street (County Road 20), on the left when traveling west on Northwest 2nd Street.
On this site stood the home of General Alfred T. A. Torbert who served his country in the War Between the States and later as Consul General at Paris. The building was erected circa 1825 by Benjamin Wadhams for a tavern and later was remodeled for a . . . — — Map (db m142578) HM
On Abbotts Pond Road, 0.1 miles east of Lindale Road.
The origin of Abbott’s Mill can be traced to the fall of 1795 when local carpenter Nathan Willey entered into a contract to purchase land at this location. On April 23, 1802, Willey and several of his neighbors presented a petition to the Court of . . . — — Map (db m38641) HM
On Cedar Beach Road (Delaware Route 36) 0.2 miles west of Coastal Highway (Delaware Route 1), on the left when traveling east.
Born near this place on a plantation known as “Cedar Town”, Jones moved to Philadelphia in 1762 and in 1784 purchased his freedom. He helped to establish the Free African Society in 1787. A leader of the independent African-American church movement, . . . — — Map (db m38626) HM
Near Fisher Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Mispillion Street, on the left when traveling north.
Range: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, north to Missouri. (Coastal Plain and Piedmont Delaware: moist sandy woods and swamps)
Description: Non-deciduous tree 30 to 60 feet tall with narrow conical crown. Leaves alternate, . . . — — Map (db m198914) HM
On South East Front Street (Delaware Route 36) just east of South Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
Four-masted, 162 ft. cargo sailing schooner launched from Abbott's shipyard in 1900. John C. Davis, Captain. Lost in Bahamas storm in 1911. — — Map (db m150092) HM
This memorial statue was commissioned by the Milford Museum to honor and commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert, born July 1, 1833. General Torbert, a West Point graduate, class of 1855, served with . . . — — Map (db m38639) HM
On South Walnut Street just south of Causey Avenue (Delaware Route 36), on the left when traveling south.
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert was a gallant and distinguished officer and leader during the Civil War achieving the rank of Major General in the Union Army. He was a strict disciplinarian who saw to the needs of his troops gaining their respect . . . — — Map (db m142602) HM
On Shawnee Road (U.S. 113) close to Shawnee Road (Delaware Route 36).
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 . . . — — Map (db m38632) HM
On South Walnut Street at SE 2nd Street on South Walnut Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m38638) HM
On Lakeview Avenue (Delaware Route 36) just north of Kent Place, on the right when traveling north.
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, declaring racially segregated public schools unconstitutional. In August 1954, a petition was submitted to the Milford Board of Education requesting . . . — — Map (db m142583) HM
On Causey Avenue (Delaware Route 36) at South Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Causey Avenue.
Organized Freemasonry in Delaware can be traced to the mid-18th century. On January 16, 1815, Temple Lodge No. 9 A.F. & A.M. was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Delaware, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons while it convened at the State House in . . . — — Map (db m142580) HM
On Jefferson Avenue just east of Causey Avenue (Delaware Route 36), on the right when traveling east.
The original house on this site was built in 1872 by W. Thornton Vaules, a station agent for the local railroad. In 1895 his daughter, Ella married the young dentist G. Layton Grier and moved into this house with her parents.
Upon the death of . . . — — Map (db m142579) HM
On Columbia Street at Mispillion Street on Columbia Street.
Founded in 1896 by Wilson M. Vinyard, the Vinyard Shipbuilding Company was the first Milford shipyard to build motorized vessels. The shipyard built numerous ships for the government including Navy subchasers and Coast Guard patrol boats. In 1927, . . . — — Map (db m142577) HM
Here stood the home of Col. Robert Hill Williams. After it was destroyed by fire his daughter Maria Elizabeth Williams Vale and her husband Ruby Ross Vale constructed upon the site the present City Hall and gave it to the City of Milford - an . . . — — Map (db m41883) HM
The history of this congregation can be traced to the early days of Methodism in this country. In 1777 a group of area residents gathered at the home of a “Mr. Shockely” to organize a local Methodist “Society.” While visiting in July 1779, . . . — — Map (db m38623) HM
On Snow Goose Road, on the left when traveling south.
Welcome to Prime Hook Beach Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary
According to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Prime Hook is translated from the Dutch word "Priume Hoek" meaning Plum Point. Prime Hook was named by European settlers in the 17th . . . — — Map (db m244948) HM
