Redden, Delaware

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Redden, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Redden is located in Delaware
Redden
Redden
Coordinates: 38°44′29″N 75°25′02″W / 38.74139°N 75.41722°W / 38.74139; -75.41722Coordinates: 38°44′29″N 75°25′02″W / 38.74139°N 75.41722°W / 38.74139; -75.41722
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
46 ft (14 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)302
GNIS feature ID216191[1]

Redden is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The community became an important railroad center on the Junction and Breakwater Railroad in the 1800s. The site of a historic 19th-century church and a World War II mess hall, Redden lost its post office and school in the 1930s.

Geography[]

Redden is located along U.S. Route 113 in the Georgetown Hundred north of Georgetown amidst tracts which comprise the Redden State Forest.

History[]

Redden in central Sussex County, Delaware, in 1902

1800s[]

The original McColley's Chapel, a Methodist church in Redden, was built sometime after the land was donated, in 1857.[2] The original building was replaced with the current chapel in 1898.[2]

Redden was originally known as Carey. It was renamed in honor of Col. William O. Redden, who had prominent role in Sussex County in the mid-19th century.[3] The Redden post office began operation in 1868.[4]

In 1874, Redden was described as a post station on the Junction and Breakwater Railroad.[5]

Redden's population was 50 residents in 1890.[6]

1900s[]

The population of Redden had grown slightly to 57 in 1900.[7] In 1904, Redden was described as a post village on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.[8] The right-of-way is used for freight transport operated by the auspices of Delmarva Central Railroad.

The Redden School, numbered 180, was still in operation in 1928,[9] but by 1930, a recommendation was made by the Delaware State Board of Education to close the Redden School.[10]

Redden Community Hall, used as a mess hall during World War II, is "a rare surviving example of an intact Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp facility in Delaware".[11] Around this time, the Redden post office closed; it ceased operations in 1933.[4]

2000s[]

McColley's Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2011.[12] The church is still in operation and is under the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church.[13]

Redden Community Hall is still used as a polling location.[14][15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ a b "US Route 113 North/South Study: Evaluation of NR Eligibility for Architectural Properties - Ellendale Study Area" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ Miller, Richard F. (2015), States at War, vol. 4 A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War, University Press of New England, ISBN 9781611686210
  4. ^ a b "Post Offices - Redden". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ Boyd, William Henry (1874), The Delaware State Directory and Gazetteer for 1874-1875, Commercial printing Company
  6. ^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  7. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  8. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  9. ^ "The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware on May 26, 1928". p. 6. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  10. ^ Instruction, Delaware Department of Public; Education, Delaware State Board of (1930). Annual Report of the Department of Public Instruction for the Year Ending ... State Board of Education. p. 180.
  11. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). 1990.
  12. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings: December 9, 2011". National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  13. ^ "McColley's Chapel United Methodist Church". Peninsula-Delaware Conference UMC. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  14. ^ "Sussex County Polling Locations". Cape Gazette. 2008-09-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  15. ^ "State of Delaware List of Polling Places" (PDF). Department of Elections - Sussex County Office. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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