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  Kent - History
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Parents > United States > Delaware > DE Counties > Kent  
Websitehttp://www.co.kent.de.us/
Established 00, 0000
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP July 14, 2010 12:15pm
DescriptionTen largest churches in Kent County, Delaware
Catholic 12,964
United Methodist 10,567
Black Baptist 6,466
Presbyterian Church (USA) 1,955
Episcopal Church 1,712
Jewish 1,600
Assemblies of God 1,586
American Baptist Churches in the USA 1,345
Wesleyan 1,193
Southern Baptist Convention 998
(The American Religious Data Archive, 2000)

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February 18, 1841 -


KENT gained from NEW CASTLE. (Del. Laws 1841, ch. 347/pp. 401-402; Scharf, 2:1030)

September 02, 1775 - February 18, 1841


KENT lost to SUSSEX; boundary was completed westward to the Maryland line. (Del., Laws of the State, vol. 1, ch. 229, sec. 4/pp. 569-570)

November 29, 1704 - September 02, 1775


By 29 November 1704, KENT was separated from Pennsylvania when Delaware became a distinct colony. (Penn, 4:309; Rodney, 239)

May 28, 1687 - November 29, 1704


KENT gained from SUSSEX; lost to NEW CASTLE. (Scharf, 2:1030)

December 25, 1682 - May 28, 1687


KENT lost to SUSSEX. (Turner, 82)

December 21, 1682 - December 25, 1682


By 21 December 1682, ST. JONES renamed KENT. (Penn, 2:324)

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