Indian River Hundred is a

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in Sussex County,

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, United States. Indian River Hundred was formed in 1706 from Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred. Its primary community is now

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on Delaware Route 24, but maritime transportation dominated during the colonial and early federal era. Thus settlers as early as 1794 built a nearby chapel St. George's (now off

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) to serve their spiritual needs and as a community gathering place. By 1821 they paid to share a pastor with St. Peter's Church in

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, as well as

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, Prince George's Chapel in

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and St. Pauls' Church in

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