Maryland and Delaware · DE
Millsboro
A mill town at the head of the Indian River.
- Population
- 6,863 (2020 census)
- Dam built
- 1792
- Incorporated
- 1893
Then
- Late 1600s
Settlers from Accomack County, Virginia, come to cut timber. The Nanticoke people live here, and still do.
- 1792
Elisha Dickerson dams the Indian River, founding a town called Rock Hole. At one point seven lumber mills run here.
- 1893
Millsboro incorporates.
Now
Millsboro has direct water access to Indian River Bay and the Atlantic, and it is one of Delaware's fastest-growing towns.