Northwest Fork Hundred

Sussex County · dedicated 1932 · 11217 Sussex Highway, Greenwood · location approximate

Known by that name since 1682, and originally embraced all territory west of Northwest Fork, a branch of Nanticoke River. Claimed by Maryland until Delaware obtained undisputed title in 1775, upon confirmation of Mason and Dixon Line. Seaford Hundred was detached 1869.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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