Banning, Delaware

Banning, Delaware, USA was a stop in Cedar Creek Hundred on the now defunct Queen Anne's Railroad line between Ellendale and Greenwood positioned at the NE corner of what now is Road 44/Blacksmith Shop Road[1] and Delaware Route 16/Beach Highway. After the railroad closed down and the tracks were removed, all Banning, Delaware property owned by the railroad was returned to Mark L. Banning, its previous landowner. A small town built around the Banning, Delaware stop disappeared.

Banning, Delaware
Banning
Banning
Coordinates: 38°48′22″N 75°30′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19941
Area code(s)302

References

  1. Delaware (1895). Laws of the State of Delaware, Volume 20. 20. Delaware General Assembly. p. 536. Retrieved 2011-02-13. ... appoint three judicious and impartial citizens of road- Sussex county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to go upon and view the lands and determine whether there is need of a public road in Cedar Creek Hundred, county and State aforesaid, beginning in the public road leading from Bridgeville to Milford, on lands of Mark L. Banning, a short distance to the westward of said Banning's dwelling house; thence in a northerly direction through said Banning's land to lands of John R. Hemmonds and Mary P. Hemmon... This led to the development of Blacksmith Shop Rd.


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