I did not know that about Wilmington.
but hey, Delaware is the first state. We only have three counties-Sussex, Kent and Newcastle.
I hail from Maryland and everything there is named after England places too.
I’m thinking that maybe the English settled the first thirteen colonies but not sure if they still teach this sort of thing in school.
Myself, I thank God every day that the British got here first because....well logic. The British were, and are, freedom-loving peoples. Naturally they bought their belief system with them.
Course once America got going we soon developed our own sense of independence and then hadda throw the Brits overboard.
My own ancestors came here in 1663 and been fighting the wars and battles ever since. Sure, we were on the wrong side in the civil war but you can believe the McLaughlins were always ready for a fight. My niece wrote a book about the early McLaughlins and go to hell they were right in there during the Revolutionary beating the hell up outta the limeys.
Heh.
So you have a Kent county I wonder if you have Kentish names in that county.
I was born in Sussex but lived most of my life in Kent in fact 31 years in Ashford, Kent.