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mobile homes sometime before 1980, but after the mid 1950s. Aerials from the latter date and before show almost nothing except a few structures which I cannot resolve well enough to make out what they are. At any rate, I can find no evidence of an earlier settlement except a passing reference to archaeological finds, and a bit of local history from a development's website says that it "has been known throughout
Delaware’s history as one of the most isolated places in the state." It shows up a fair amount in local news, and the RV park shows up on every campground directory in the country, but I don't think the present place meets our standards, and there's no predecessor settlement to speak of. I can't even find out why it's called Massey's Landing.
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This easternmost point of Long Neck is currently occupied by the sprawling Massey's
Landing RV park on the north, a DNR boat ramp in the middle, and an even larger mobile home park on the south, but all of this is relatively recent: the RV park opened in 2015, the boat ramp around 2000. and the
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