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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQVZ_site-of-blackiston-methodist-church_Clayton-DE.html
A local society of Methodists was organized circa 1778. On May 16, 1781, they obtained land here on which to build a permanent house of worship. A large frame church was then constructed and named Blackiston's Chapel, to honor the family that prov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ4B_town-of-clayton_Clayton-DE.html
First known as Smyrna Station, the Town of Clayton began when the railroad came to this area in the mid-1850s. In 1860, the name was changed to honor Delawarean John M. Clayton, a former United States Secretary of State and strong advocate of the …