Sassafras is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.[2] The Lanthim House, built in the 1720s, served as a general store.[3]
Nearby Rich Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[4]
Education
editIt is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown CDP with a Worton postal address.
The community was formerly assigned to Millington Elementary School.[5] In 2017 the school board voted to close Millington Elementary School.[6]
References
edit- ^ Sassafras Natural Resources Management Area, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System". Sassafras (Populated Place). U.S. Geological Survey. January 29, 2009.
- ^ Sassafras Natural Resources Management Area, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Profile". Millington Elementary School. October 2, 2006. Archived from the original on October 2, 2006. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Board of Education Action and Written Decision to Close Millington Elementary School and Worton Elementary School" (PDF). Kent County Public Schools. March 22, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sassafras, Maryland.
- Photos of Sassafras and Rich Hill
- Map of Sassafras, from the Historical Society of Kent County collection
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