Kenton Hundred

Kenton Hundred is a Delaware historical marker in Cheswold, Kent County, dedicated 1932.

Kent County · dedicated 1932 · 113 Main Street, Cheswold

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Created in 1869 by joining of western halves of Duck Creek and Little Creek Hundreds. Is bounded on the north by Blackbird Hundred in New Castle County, and on the east by Duck Creek and Little Creek Hundreds, on the south by East Dover and West Dover Hundreds, and on the west by Maryland line.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

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