Ellendale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Ellendale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ellendale started as a forest and swamp on the divide between the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. The swamp was the hunting grounds of the Nanticoke tribe until they were driven out by the Lenape tribe in the Battle Green near Chestnut Ridge, a hill on Ellendale's north side. The Lenape Trace, a main thoroughfare of a trail, passed through Ellendale as a Native American trade route from Pocomoke City, Maryland to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. With the arrival of Europeans, the Ellendale area was a province of fur traders and hunters. Early in the 18th century, farming and timbering pushed back the swamp that once covered the area. The tract of land on which the town would later be built was originally deeded in 1740 as "Bennett's Pleasure".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ellendale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ellendale’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewEllendalemap1906, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ellendale, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ellendalemap1906 (1906) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.