East Dover Hundred

East Dover Hundred is a Delaware historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1932.

Kent County · dedicated 1932 · Dover-Marydel Road. South side of highway, 3.7 miles from · location approximate

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Originally part of St. Jones Hundred, renamed Dover Hundred 1823, the boundaries being Little Creek on north and St. Jones on south, extending from Delaware River to Maryland line. Dover Hundred was divided 1877 into two hundreds called East Dover Hundred and West Dover Hundred.

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East Dover Hundred

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