Cannon's Ferry

Isaac and Betty Cannon began operating a ferry here on the Nanticoke River on Feb. 2, 1793. Their sons continued the ferry and built stores and warehouses in the hamlet named for them. The ferry became the property of Sussex County following the brothers' death in 1843. The first postoffice named "Woodland" was established in 1882, and the hamlet took the same name. The state acquired the county roads and ferry in 1935.

Delaware · United States