Mispillion Hundred

Mispillion Hundred
Hundred
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Coordinates: 38°57′0″N 75°36′29″W / 38.95000°N 75.60806°W / 38.95000; -75.60806
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Elevation
59 ft (18 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID217257[1]

Mispillion Hundred is a hundred in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Mispillion Hundred was formed in 1682 as one of the original Delaware Hundreds. Its primary community is Harrington. It originally embraced all lands south of Murderkill Creek and north of Mispillion Creek from Delaware River to Maryland line. In 1830 was divided into two approximately equal parts, the eastern part being called Milford Hundred and the western part retaining the name Mispillion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mispillion Hundred". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  2. ^ https://archives.delaware.gov/delaware-historical-markers/mispillion-hundred-20/


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