Milford, Delaware Milford, Delaware Walnut Street in Milford in 2006 Walnut Street in Milford in 2006 Location in Kent County and the state of Delaware.

Location in Kent County and the state of Delaware.

Milford is positioned in Delaware Milford - Milford Location inside the state of Delaware State Delaware A pedestrian boardwalk alongsides the Mispillion River in Milford Walnut Street in Milford in 2006 Milford is a town/city in Kent and Sussex counties in the U.S.

state of Delaware.

The Kent County portion of Milford is part of the Dover, DE Metropolitan Travel Destination and the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area, while the Sussex County portion is part of the Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Milford is positioned at 38 54 45 N 75 25 41 W (38.9126129, 75.4279748), along the Mispillion River. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.6 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.6 square miles (15 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.07%) is water.

The Kent County side of Milford was first settled in 1680 by Henry Bowan on what was known as the Saw Mill Range.

During much of the twentieth century Milford served primarily as the commercial center for much of southern Delaware's large agricultural community. Seven of Delaware's governors have come from Milford: Daniel Rogers (who served 1797 99), Joseph Haslet (1811 14), William Tharp (1847 1851), Peter F.

Dawson House, Draper House, Egglinton Hall, Golden Mine, Grier House, Peter Lofland House, James Mc - Colley House, Milford New Century Club, Milford Railroad Station, Milford Shipyard Area Historic District, Mill House, Mispillion Lighthouse and Beacon Tower, North Milford Historic District, Old Fire House, Parson Thorne Mansion, South Milford Historic District Walnut Farm, Gov.

a fire started in a second floor apartment next to Wiley Hardware & Appliance on Walnut Street in the historic downtown section of Milford.

More than 200 firefighters from Milford, Ellendale, Harrington, Felton, Dover, Smyrna, Houston, Frederica, Slaughter Beach, Bowers Beach, Greenwood, South Bowers, Farmington, Magnolia, Cheswold, Lewes, Georgetown, and Bridgeville in Delaware and Greensboro and Goldsboro in Maryland fought the blaze which finished seven businesses, a church, and three apartements, destroying an entire town/city block in the historic section of town.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.

Milford School District operates enhance schools.

The town/city of Milford has a crime rate higher than the nationwide average in some categories, much higher in rape, assault, and theft, and lower in others.

Milford Nation Robert Crumb, a famous American cartoonist, lived in Milford for a several years and attended high school there.

Simmie Knox began to teach himself to paint while living in Milford as a young man.

John Lofland (1798 1849), widely known as the "Milford Bard", was a prolific and widely read writer of prose, verse and speeches.

Harold Peterman, Delaware state legislator "The Delaware Enumeration State Data Center".

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