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Monica Kennedy |
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Town of Sudlersville |
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P.O. Box 116
200 South Church Street
Sudlersville, MD 21668
(410) 438-3465 Phone
(410) 438-3376 Fax
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Welcome >
History |
Sudlersville,
Maryland |
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History |
The community
that was to become Sudlersville took root in 1740 when
Joseph Sudler, a Kent Island land owner, purchased 800
acres south of the Chester River. The land included the
homestead known as Sledmore, which had been built in
1713. Most likely his son Richard was the first Sudler
to live there; he died in 1797 and was buried in the
family graveyard. Since that time until the present day,
a continuity of direct descendants of the Sudler family
has lived at Sledmore and elsewhere in Sudlersville.
In 1811, Dixon's Tavern and a post office were
established near Sledmore in the village called Sudler's
Cross Roads. That name was changed to Sudlersville in
1839. By the mid 1800s, the village had 15 houses, a
general store, a Methodist Church, and a blacksmith. At
the end of that century, there were about 40 houses and
an assortment of commercial, ecclesiastical, and
educational institutions. One of those was the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church, whose then place of worship
today houses the Sudlersville Memorial Library. |
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Updated
History (November 2007) |
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The Maryland
Municipal Clerk's Association (MMCA) will be holding
their December 13, 2007, meeting here in Sudlersville.
Therefore, I wrote an
article about Sudlersville (click the word to access
the article) for the MMCA's newsletter, "Messenger".
I could find only bits and pieces of history about the
town. With help from the Head Librarian at
Sudlersville Memorial Library, Ms. Lucille v. Kuntz, and
very little information on the internet, I wrote this
article (click the word to access the article).
Please feel
free to send me an e-mail with any additional material
to add to this web page. If you prefer, you can
mail it to me at PO Box 116.
Any help
with acquiring more bits of history of Sudlersville is
greatly appreciated! Please do not just e-mail
pictures or other documents to the Town office without
first notifying me you'll be sending them.
If your e-mail comes through with attachments I do not
know are to be arriving, I'll just delete it without
opening it because of the concern with viruses.
Laura Stahl
(Clerk/Treasurer) |
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