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''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Delaware Hundreds''' | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Delaware Hundreds''' | ||
==The Hundreds of Delaware== | ==The Hundreds of Delaware== | ||
In colonial times, townships were geographically divided into groups called Hundreds , patterned after the old English division of a county <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_%28county_subdivision%29 Hundred County Subdivision]. </ref> Originally there were 5 Hundreds in New Castle, 5 Hundreds in Kent, and 2 Hundreds in Sussex. As the population grew, so did the groups of Hundreds. By 1875 the Hundreds grew to be the present day Thirty five. Delaware is the only state that continues to use this division. <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref><ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 297. ({{FHL|479190|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb}}). [[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]].</ref> | In colonial times, townships were geographically divided into groups called Hundreds , patterned after the old English division of a county <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_%28county_subdivision%29 Hundred County Subdivision]. </ref> Originally there were 5 Hundreds in New Castle, 5 Hundreds in Kent, and 2 Hundreds in Sussex. As the population grew, so did the groups of Hundreds. By 1875 the Hundreds grew to be the present day Thirty five. Delaware is the only state that continues to use this division. <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref><ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 297. ({{FHL|479190|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb}}). [[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]].</ref> | ||
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