Federalsburg (also known as Fleatown) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Sussex County,
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
, United States. Federalsburg was located at the intersection of Old State Road and Fleatown Road, north of
Ellendale.
History
The area was originally known as Fleatown and was the location of the historic Fleatown Inn from circa 1740 until it was torn down in April, 1895. The community housed two taverns on the Old State Road that served stagecoaches and travelers on the road from
Milford to
Georgetown, but the taverns closed and the community faded after the Junction and Breakwater Railroad depot was built in
Ellendale in 1866.
References
Unincorporated communities in Sussex County, Delaware
Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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