indian, river, hundred, hundred, sussex, county, delaware, united, states, formed, 1706, from, lewes, rehoboth, hundred, primary, community, angola, delaware, route, maritime, transportation, dominated, during, colonial, early, federal, thus, settlers, early, . Indian River Hundred is a hundred in Sussex County Delaware United States Indian River Hundred was formed in 1706 from Lewes amp Rehoboth Hundred Its primary community is now Angola on Delaware Route 24 but maritime transportation dominated during the colonial and early federal era Thus settlers as early as 1794 built a nearby chapel St George s now off Delaware Route 5 to serve their spiritual needs and as a community gathering place By 1821 they paid to share a pastor with St Peter s Church in Lewes Delaware as well as Old Christ Church Laurel Delaware Prince George s Chapel in Dagsboro Delaware and St Pauls Church in Georgetown Delaware 2 By the late 20th century fishing and farming had declined but tourism had increased so the parish was linked to All Saints Church in Rehoboth Beach Indian River HundredHundredIndian River HundredCoordinates 38 35 42 N 75 17 27 W 38 59501389 N 75 29096944 W 38 59501389 75 29096944CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCountySussexElevation23 ft 7 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Area code302GNIS feature ID217262 1 References edit US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey 2007 10 25 Retrieved 2008 01 31 Raymond B Clark Jr Delaware Church Records p 24 St Michael s Maryland 1986 nbsp This Delaware state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indian River Hundred amp oldid 1000982093, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
