Georgetown

Sussex County · dedicated 1932 · 20601 Dupont Blvd, Georgetown · location approximate

Site of town purchased May 9, 1791, from Abraham Harris, Rowland Bevins, and Joshua Pepper, and laid out for county seat of Sussex County in accordance with Act of General Assembly of January 29, 1791. Named Georgetown in honor of George Mitchell, for several sessions Speaker of State Senate and prominent member of commission appointed to lay out the town. Home of Governor Charles C. Stockley.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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