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Milford Milford is a city in Kent and Sussex counties in the U.S. state of Delaware.
According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is
7,201. The Kent County portion of
Milford is part of the Dover Metropolitan Statistical
Area, while the Sussex County portion is part
of the Seaford Micropolitan Statistical
Area. In the 1770s, a ship
building industry was already flourishing on the Mispillion River. Shipbuilding
continued to be the major industry of Milford through World War I, bringing
considerable prosperity to the town. The high point came in 1917 when the
four-masted, 174-foot (53 m) long Albert F. Paul was launched from the
William G. Abbott shipyard. At one point six shipyards were operating in the
downtown area. When the last of the area's giant white oaks was cut in the
1920s, the shipyards quickly went out of business, although the Mispillion ships
sailed on for many years. (The Paul was sunk by a German torpedo in 1942 while
sailing from the Bahamas.) The Vineyard shipyard was called into service in both
World War I and II to build submarine
chasers. During much of the
twentieth century Milford served primarily as the commercial center for much of
southern Delaware's large agricultural
community. Simmie
Knox began to teach himself to paint
while living in Milford as a young man. He later became the first Afro-American
to paint an official presidential portrait - that of President Bill Clinton.
Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household
income in 2008: $39,342 (it was $32,525 in
2000)
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