Blades is a town on the south shore of the Nanticoke River, directly across from the city of Seaford. The population is around 1,250.
Blades was named after James Blades, a Pennsylvania Railroad employee who operated a store near what is now the center of the town. The community was originally known as Bladesville until it was incorporated as a town in 1915.
A bar on Market Street.
A house on Market Street.
Blades United Methodist Church, on Market Street. The church was built in 1889.
Houses on Market Street.
A house on Fourth Street at Arch Street.
A house on Third Street.
Houses on Market Street.
A house on Second Street.
A house on High Street.
A Mexican restaurant on High Street at Market Street.
The Peninsula Oil Company building, on Market Street. Peninsula Oil has operated along the Nanticoke River in Blades since 1935.
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