Godwin's School - District #190
On March 10, 1896, the State Board of Education
approved a resolution recommending the creation
of a new school district to serve the needs of
local residents. The recommendation was forwarded
to the Sussex County Levy Court with a petition
from fifteen property owners stating that the
neighborhood possessed more than the 35 “scholars”
required to consider their request. The creation
of District #190 was formally approved the following
June.
A subscription was circulated to raise funds to
construct a school here on land provided by local
storeowner Jacob Reese Godwin. The new school was
named in his honor. Classes were held here until
1936, when the district was consolidated with Millsboro
School #23.
Marker is on Hardscrabble Road (Delaware Route 20) near Godwin School Road (County Road 410), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
