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Town laid out, 1799. Then called "Hooper's Landing." First incorporated 1865. Seaford Academy located here from 1819 until some time before Civil War. Rev. Leonidas Polk, later Episcopal Bishop and Major General in Confederate Army was student at …
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In 1926 a group of local World War I veterans held a meeting in Burton's Hardware Store for the purpose of organizing an American Legion Post in Seaford. The initial effort was unsuccessful, but later that year plans were revived and Nanticoke Pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPVH_forty-eight-boxcar_Seaford-DE.html
This car is one of 49 given to the American people by the citizens of France in thanks for aid rendered during and after World War II. Utilized for hauling military cargo during two world wars, they were known for their complement of "forty men - …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPVG_seaford-hundred_Seaford-DE.html
Town laid out, 1799. Then called "Hooper's Landing." First incorporated 1865. Seaford Academy located here from 1819 until some time before Civil War. Rev. Leonidas Polk, later Episcopal Bishop and Major General in Confederate Army was student at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXP_st-lukes-episcopal-church_Seaford-DE.html
The origin of this parish can be traced to 1704, when a log chapel known as St. Mary's was constructed on Chapel Branch in Northwest Fork Hundred. The devastating impact of the Revolution on the Church of England in America contributed to the disc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RI_seaford-veterans-memorial_Seaford-DE.html
Dedicated to the memory of those Seaford community veterans who died in the defense of our country.
World War IThomas Penington, Lewis A. Taylor, Frank C. Quails, Kemp Wright, Albert H. Waller
KoreaVernon L. DeShields, Charles F. Wright, Irv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RH_stein-highway_Seaford-DE.html
This roadway is named for Samuel J. Stein (B. 1878 - D. 1961). A native of Austria, Mr. Stein came to Seaford in 1897. He was active in the business and civic affairs of the community for more than half a century. In the 1920s the State of Delawar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RF_old-seaford-post-office_Seaford-DE.html
A post office was established in this community in 1827. For many years it did a large shipping business by water. The coming of the railroad in the 1850s resulted in an even greater demand for postal services. For more than a century the post off…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RC_governor-william-h-h-ross_Seaford-DE.html
Born on June 2, 1814 in Laurel, Delware, William Henry Harrison Ross was the son of Caleb and Letitia Lofland ross. He was educated in local public schools and later attended Claremont Academy in Pennsylvania. As a young man ross was employed in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RB_mount-olivet-united-methodist-church_Seaford-DE.html
On February 9, 1830, a group of citizens favorable to the reform of the Methodist Episcopal Church joined together for the purpose of planning the establishment of a new church in Seaford. An existing meeting house standing on Chapel Branch was pu…