Seaford Hundred

Detached from Northwest Fork Hundred

by Act of General Assembly, 1869.

Northwest Fork Hundred, originally

claimed by Maryland, then embraced

all territory west of Northwest Fork.

Delaware obtained undisputed title in

1775, upon confirmation of Mason and

Dixon Line.

Marker is ...

Seaford

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 Academy. Home ...

Seaford Hundred

Detached from Northwest Fork Hundred

by Act of General Assembly, 1869.

Northwest Fork Hundred, originally

claimed by Maryland, then embraced

all territory west of Northwest Fork.

Delaware obtained undisputed title in

1775, upon confirmation of Mason and

Dixon Line.

Marker is ...

Seaford

Settlement began here in 1636, when John Chisman patented 600 acres on Crab Neck, a peninsula bounded by Chisman Creek and Back Creek, a tributary of York River. The neck then lay in Charles River Parish in York County, one ...

Seaford Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of those Seaford community veterans who died in the defense of our country.

World War I

Thomas Penington, Lewis A. Taylor, Frank C. Quails, Kemp Wright, Albert H. Waller

Korea

Vernon L. DeShields, Charles F. Wright, Irvin M. Tindall

Vietnam

James L. ...

Old Seaford Post Office

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 ...

Seaford Fire Department

On November 14, 1901, a group of concerned citizens met in the Seaford town conncil room for the purpose of discussing the organization of a fire company. By the end of the month, over 50 person had volunteered. The company ...