Sussex County
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Places

1794

1868 Pomeroy & Beers Atlas

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

1911

Courtesy of uscountymaps.com

Lewes
Courtesy of Perry-Castaneda Collection

Laurel
Courtesy of Perry-Castaneda Collection

Populated Places

Banning (ghost town)
Bethany Beach
Bethel
Blades
Bridgeville
Dagsboro
Delmar
Dewey Beach
Ellendale
Fenwick Island
Frankford
Georgetown (county seat)
Greenwood

Gumboro
Harbeson
Henlopen Acres
Laurel
Lewes
Lincoln
Long Neck
Milford (part in Kent County)
Millsboro
Millville
Milton
New Market (ghost town)
Oak Orchard

Ocean View
Owens station (ghost town)
Rehoboth Beach
Reliance
Roxana
Saint Johnstown (ghost town)
Seaford
Selbyville
Slaughter Beach
South Bethany
Stockley

1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware

Sussex County DE
Hundreds

Baltimore Hundred

Broad Creek Hundred

Broad Kiln Hundred

Cedar Creek Hundred

Dagsborough Hundred

Georgetown Hundred

Georgetown

Indian River Hundred

Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred

Lincoln

Little Creek Hundred

Nanticoke Hundred

Northwest Fork Hundred

Sussex County Hundreds

  • Baltimore Hundred; formed 1775; primary town Millville
  • Broad Creek Hundred; formed 1775; primary town Bethel
  • Broadkill Hundred; formed 1696; primary town Milton
  • Cedar Creek Hundred; formed 1702; primary town Milford
  • Dagsboro Hundred; formed 1773; primary town Millsboro
  • Georgetown Hundred; formed 1863; primary town Georgetown
  • Gumboro Hundred; formed 1873
  • Indian River Hundred; formed 1706
  • Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred; formed 1692; primary town Lewes
  • Little Creek Hundred; formed 1774; primary town Laurel
  • Nanticoke Hundred; formed 1775
  • Northwest Fork Hundred; formed 1775; primary town Bridgeville
  • Seaford Hundred; formed 1869; primary town Seaford

Courtesy of Hagley Digital Archives (47-page pdf)


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