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The Hundreds of Delaware[edit | edit source]

In colonial times (1862), townships were geographically divided into groups called Hundreds , patterned after the old English division of a county ^[1] William Penn described it as settlements divided into sections of One Hundred Families. ^[2] "A "hundred" is an old Saxon land division which is comprised ten tithings of ten freeholder families each, or 100 families." ^[3] This usually consisted households with the average of 10 members each, the family plus servants. 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. ^[4]

History Of Delaware’s Hundreds[edit | edit source]

"A "hundred" is an old Saxon land division which is smaller than a county or shire and larger than a tithing. It comprised ten tithings of ten freeholder families each, or 100 families." ^[5]

The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

Maps[edit | edit source]

The State of Delaware has a color coded map of the Hundreds that is easily downloadable at The Hundreds of Delaware ^[6]

Maps of Delaware Hundreds

List of Delaware Hundreds[edit | edit source]

Hundreds of New Castle County[edit | edit source]

Hundred	Abbrev	Estab	Parent Hundred	Primary Town	Name Origin	Notee
Appoquinimink Hundred	Appoqu	1682	Original	Townsend	Appoquinimink Creek	part is now Blackbird
Blackbird Hundred	Blackb	1875	Appoquinimink Hundred		Blackbird Creek
Brandywine Hundred	Brandy	1862	Original	Bellefonte	Brandywine Creek
Christiana Hundred	Christ	1682	Original	Elsmere	Christiana River	Part is now Wilmington
Mill Creek Hundred	MillCr	1710	Christiana Hundred	Hockessin	Mill Creek
New Castle Hundred	NewCas	1682	Original	New Castle	Town of New Castle
Pencader Hundred	Pencad	1710	New Castle Hundred	Glasgow	Pencader (Welsh Tract) Church
Red Lion Hundred	RedLio	1710	New Castle Hundred	Delaware City	Red Lion Creek
St. Georges Hundred	StGeor	1682	Original	Middletown	St. George's Creek
White Clay Creek Hundred	WhiteC	1710	Christiana Hundred	Newark	White Clay Creek
Wilmington Hundreds	Wilmin	1833	Christiana Hundred	Wilmington	City of Wilmington	was part of Christiana

Hundreds of Kent County[edit | edit source]

Hundred	Abbrev	Estab	Parent Hundred	Primary Town	Name Origin	Notes
Dover Hundred	Dover	1823	St Jones Hundred	Dover	Divided into East and West Dover in 1859	East and West Dover Hundreds
Duck Creek Hundred	DuckCr	1682	Original	Smyrna	Duck Creek	Part is in Little Creek and Part in Kenton
East Dover Hundred	EDover	1859	Dover	Dover Hundred	City of Dover	Formally Dover
Kenton Hundred	Kenton	1869	Duck Creek Hundred	Kenton	Town of Kenton	Was Duck Creek and Little Creek
Little Creek Hundred	LitCrk	1869	Original	Leipsic	Little Creek	Was Part of Duck Creek
Milford Hundred	Milfor	1830	Mispillion Hundred	Milford	City of Milford	Was Part of Mispillion
Misipillion Hundred	Mispil	1682	Original	Harrington	Mispillion River	Part is now MIlford
Murderkill Hundred	Murder	1682	Murderkill Hundred	Camden	Murderkill	Is now North and South Murderkill
North Murderkill Hundred	NMurde	1855	Motherkill Hundred	Camden	Murderkill River	Was Part of Murderkill
St. Jones Hundred	StJone	1682	St. Jones Hundred	Dover	Renamed Dover	Dover was divided to East and West Dover
South Murderkill Hundred	SMurde	1855	Murderkill Hundred	Felton	Murderkill River	Was Part Of Murderkill
West Dover	WDover	1859	Dover Hundred	Hartly	City of Dover	Was Part Of Dover

Sources and Footnotes[edit | edit source]

[1] Hundred County Subdivision.

[2] Healing America

[3] The Hundreds of Delaware

[4] The Hundreds of Delaware

[5] The Hundreds of Delaware

[6] List of Delaware_Hundreds List of Hundreds

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