Gumboro (Delaware)

## Gumboro

A small town near a swamp, known for its diner, auto field, and nearby chicken farm.

## Characteristics

### Facilities

Volunteer Fire Base, Auto Services, Diner

### Travel

None

Gumboro is a small village in southern Sussex County, Delaware. It is near the border of Maryland, and is only slightly west of the Great Cypress Swamp. The village is a popular stopping point before heading to the adjacent swamp.

There are no official trainers in the town, but an NPC in the Auto Service building can help with expert(5) welding.

There are some piles of scrap in the auto field.

## History

This is the smallest and youngest Hundred in the county.
Created by act of the General Assembly in 1873, it embraces
part of the twenty thousand acres warranted to General Dag-
worthy in 1776, and called " Dagworthy's Conquest," and the
land now within its boundaries previously formed parts of
Broad Creek and Dagsboro Hundreds.

The residents of the Hundred are engaged almost entirely
in agricultural pursuits. There is but one town, bearing the
same name as the Hundred, containing but few houses, two
or three small business places, and dignified with a postoflice,
established in 1869. Much gum timber is found in the
vicinity, and it is from this that the Hundred gets its name.

The Short and Hearn families have resided in this section
since the settlement of the county. Plain, rugged, trusty folk, they have not only proved themselves successful as tillers of
the soil, but the later generations have made themselves felt
in the higher professions of life. Dr. R. Joseph Hearn, a
descendant of this stock, has a leading rank as a surgeon in
the medical profession in Philadelphia. Rev. F. Burgette
Short, whose ancestry goes back to Gumboro, has become a
shining light in the Methodist ministry, and for a few years
past has been preaching the same gospel that was proclaimed
by Wesley and Asbury a century ago to the newer civilization
on the Pacific coast. He is at present stationed at Salt Lake
City.

The schools of the Hundred are ample in number to accom-
modate the eight hundred children within its borders, and in
point of efficiency measure up to the other schools of the
county. Possibl}' the oldest school site is that known as
" Battle Hill," near Gum Hill, dating back to 1813. As early
as 1785 the Methodists established a church so close to the
State boundary that it has always been known as the " Line
Church." The first building erected stood the stress of time
for fifty-three years, the second served until 1874, the present
structure being erected in the latter year. Prior to 1811 an
Episcopal church was built at Little Hill, or Greenville, and
called St. John's. It was abandoned in 1841. A year later
the church was revived and continued until 1876, when ser-
vices were discontinued. Originally it belonged to Stepney
Parish, Maryland, and was an offshoot from Christ Church in
Broad Creek Hundred.

The Methodist Episcopal Church in Gumboro village was
originally built by the Methodist Protestants, who after con-
trolling it for ten years sold it in 1875 to the Methodist Epis-
copal denomination. The headwaters of the Pocomoke river
flow through this Hundred, and much low land has been
reclaimed and made available for the raising of corn by public
ditches, which are controlled by an incorporated company.

## Buildings

* Volunteer Fire Base - a small base with a cafeteria. - **empty of NPCs**
* Gumboro Auto Field - A small field and attached garage, with a number of inexpensive cars for sale.
* Gumboro Diner - an American diner with inexpensive food items

## NPCs

Three.

* Brian Lee - not in building - not in house
* Barbara Coulter - not in building - not in house
* Erin Howell - **Gumboro Diner**
* Daniel Stevens. **Gumboro Diner**. Chicken farmer (owner of horse outside deli)
* John 1 - **Auto Fields.** Vendor.
* John 2 - **Auto Fields.** Welding trainer.
* Intern Reynolds **(outside Gumboro)**

## Other Npcs

* Saddled horse Poking-Horn tied to fence outside deli.

## Resources

Two.

Galiella Fungi

Murky Reed

## Interactible

Two.

* Firehouse has a synth keyboard. (music)
* Hidden trapdoor in diner leads to basement. (perception)

Two.

## Houses

There are no houses which can be purchased in Gumboro. However, if you complete the An Aching Displacement quest by choosing the rebuild house option, you can then visit that rebuilt house at any time in Gumboro (after a construction time of one year).

## Atmosphere

The town is very small with not much to it, and gets most of its character from the nearby swamp.

## Quests

None.

An Aching Displacement (Delaware quest)

## Travel

* Bayshore Community Church (north) - a large megachurch slightly north of Gumboro - very close
* West Woods Methodist Episcopal Church (northeast) - historical site - medium
* Great Cypress Swamp (east) - medium
* Gumboro Chicken Farm (west) (diseased chickens) - close
* Maryland Border (south) - medium