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Subject: [LDR] Re: Middletown/Milford
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:59:54 EST

In a message dated 11/6/99 3:23:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

<< Actually, Milford and Middletown both lie on main North-South roads.
Middletown is older by more than a century, however. The crossroads village
of Middletown was present, under that name, as early as 1675, which makes
it one of Delaware's oldest towns, in a league with New Castle.

Milford is a typical Delaware crossroads town, founded just after the
Revolution but probably an identifiable community before then. In common
with other eighteenth-century Delaware towns, Milford was located at the
confluence of several important economic components, including a mill seat,
a north-south road, and easy access to a tidewater landing. Other towns
that shared these characteristics were Smyrna, Camden, Stanton, St.
Georges, Dover, and Millsboro.
>>

Straight from Brittanica?

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