The Baltimore Hundred marker is located on Vines Creek Rd near the water way that flows into the Indian River Bay. Before 1775, the "Baltimore Hundred" was claimed as part of Worcester County, MD. It was named for Lord Baltimore who received the charter from England's King Charles I in the 17th century for the new colony of Maryland. The term hundred refers to a piece land where one hundred farms could fit. The border of this hundred was approximately the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Assawoman Bay to the south, the Indian River Bay to the north and the Great Sypress Swamp to the west. The land was disputed between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Border skirmishes resulted between people with allegiances to those respective colonies. A commission was created in England which resulted in Pennsylvania being recognized as the owner of the Baltimore Hundred and as part of the "lower three counties." Those three counties (Sussex, Kent, and New Castle) eventually became the state of Delaware. The marker was the 23rd dedicated in Sussex County.
Baltimore Hundred Is A Part Of History For Three States
