The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

Headstone of Rev. McKennan, Red Clay Creek Church Being right in the middle of the holiday season, it seems appropriate to do a post now...

The Old Stone Hotel, then the residence and office of  Dr. Irvin and Ruth Carroll With the network of roads, turnpikes, and waterways pr...

 Milk Bottle from Locust Grove Farm  In the last post , we traced the history of the house and property located in what is now the Vil...

I'd be willing to bet that there are few private properties in Mill Creek Hundred that go back as far, and had such a 20th Century impac...

 Worrell Woolen Mill and House It's kind of funny sometimes when I go to write a post, how much variation there can be in the am...

Mt. Pleasant School, 1933 As of the 1860's there were about 13 public school districts with school houses in Mill Creek Hundred. To ...

 Fell Spice Mill, 1873 So far on this site, we've looked at a number of different types of mills -- grist mills, saw mills, woolen...

 Stanton Friends Meeting House, 1936 To anyone at all familiar with the history of New Castle County, it should come as no surprise tha...