Though there is no extant record of the change of name to Kent County, historian J. Scharf contends that it was likely done at the time of this transfer.

A census taken just after the formation of the county in 1680 enumerated only 99 people and subsequent settlement occurred slowly, driven mostly by migrants from Maryland who settled along the streams and waterways of central Delaware (Scharf 1888:1028-1029).

By the middle of the 19th century, the intersection was home to dwellings as well as a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, store and granary that served both the rural community and travelers.

But as the century progressed, changes and improvements to the road network and the pressures of post-World War II suburban development would alter, but not destroy, the historic character of the community.

They were drawn to the state by the availability of good level land at reasonable prices and the large acreage of fruit crops the ground supported.

That year, the Delaware State Highway Department drew plans for the widening of the road from Dover to Pearson's Corner.

By 1933, Hurd's property contained a two-story frame store, two gasoline pumps and a corn crib and shed.

The first new houses to be constructed on the former Vincent farm were located on the northwest side of Delaware Route 8 (6401 and 6417 Halltown Road).

Completed by 1952, these two small dwellings are depicted on the Delaware State Highway Department's plans for improvements to Mardyel-Pearson's Corner Road.

Outside of the Vincent farm, other landowners took advantage of increased land values in the region and also sold off portions of their property for residential development.

The dwelling at 2333 Pearsons Corner Road had been constructed or moved to the site before Carlton I. Pippin sold one acre of his five-acre property to Peter and Charlotte Ann Goff in 1967 (Kent County Deed S24/83; aerial photograph 1968).

The crossroads at Pearson's Corner also attracted commercial development in the Post World War Two era, most of which was geared towards satisfying the needs of automobile travelers.

However, after his first wife's death, Joseph Sr. sold the farm near Camden and bought 300 acres of the tract formerly called Wieberry near Pearson's Corner, making him the first of the Rash family to settle in the vicinity.

Shortly thereafter, and prior to 1817, Joseph Rash Sr. married Elizabeth Hurd and the couple made their homestead on the 300 acres he had purchased near Pearson's Corner.

He cleared and cultivated the land, erected buildings on the property and quickly became involved in the political and religious affairs of the community (J.M.

In 1833, William Pearson purchased a large tract containing 437 acres and 25 square perches of land on the south side of the Horse Head Road, much of which would later become the property of his son Abraham (Kent County Deed G3/213).

Upon his death the Orphans Court of Kent County ordered that his lot at Pearson's Corner, which at the time contained a two-story frame dwelling, a blacksmith shop and wheelwright shop, stable and smoke house, be divided amongst his heirs – his wife Harriet, nine children and three grandchildren – and a survey of the property was drafted to this effect (Kent County Probate Files, Jonathan Thomas deceased, 1864–1866).