CEDAR CREEK
IN
CEDAR CREEK HUNDRED
Cedar Creek was so named
on account of the abundance of cedar trees growing on it banks,
and from this creek the
hundred takes it's name. Originally all of the land in this
hundred
north of the creek was a
portion of St. Jones county until 1683 when the change of names
of St. Jones and Whorekill
counties to Kent and Sussex counties came about.
Cedar Creek Hundred is the
northern most in Sussex , bound to the north by Mispillion Creek,
east, the Delaware Bay,
south by Prime Hook Creek and on the west by Nanticoke and
Mispillion Hundreds. The
land is well watered by small streams, is cultivated to grow
fruits, vegetables and
grain. The creek is navigable to the Brick Granary and affords
shipping to the vicinity.
In 1848, 55 years after an act was passed to do so, a canal was dug
by George Fisher so as to
stop the sanding in of the creek. Today's channel was dug in
1869
by Cedar Creek Navigational
company.
SOURCE: Accessible
Archives Chapter LXVIII Cedar Creek Hundred, L. J. Richards
1609 – 1888 History of
Delaware
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