Broadkiln Hundred

Sussex County · dedicated 1932 · 16503 Coastal Highway, Lewes

Originally known as Broadkill Hundred, after creek of that name, kill being Dutch word for creek. Name changed by General Assembly 1833 when Georgetown Hundred was set off. In 1835 Act was repealed, and Broadkiln Hundred embraced same territory as before 1833. Georgetown Hundred again set off in 1861.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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