Laurel

Laurel is a Delaware historical marker in Laurel, Sussex County, dedicated 1990.

Sussex County · dedicated 1990 · 939 S. Central Avenue, Laurel

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This site was originally part of a tract known as “Bachelor’s Delight”. From 1711 to 1768 it was included in a 3,000 acre Nanticoke Indian Reservation, authorized by an act of the Maryland Assembly. A village known as “Laurel” existed as early as 1799. Birthplace of Governor William H. H. Ross (elected 1850), and home to Governors Nathaniel Mitchell (elected 1804), William B. Cooper (elected 1840), Joshua H. Marvil (elected 1894), and Elbert N. Carvel (elected 1948 and 1960). The town’s central district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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