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  2. Lewes, Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Lewes (/ ˈ l uː. ə s / LOO-əss) [5] is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 3,303. [ 6 ] Along with neighboring Rehoboth Beach , Lewes is one of the principal cities of Delaware's rapidly growing Cape Region .

  3. Lewes Historic District - Wikipedia

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    September 19, 1977. Lewes Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes 122 contributing buildings and 6 contributing sites encompassing most of the 17th-century town of Lewes, together with part of Pilot Town. The district is primarily residential with resources ranging from ...

  4. Sussex County, Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.sussexcountyde.gov. Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county only behind New Castle and ahead of Kent. [1] The county seat is Georgetown.

  5. List of municipalities in Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States with Delaware highlighted. Delaware is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic.According to the 2016 United States Census estimate, Delaware is the 6th least populous state with 989,948 inhabitants but the 2nd smallest by land area spanning 1,948.54 square miles (5,046.7 km 2) of land. [1]

  6. National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor ...

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    March 27, 1989 [1] The National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Historic District encompasses a series of seacoast breakwaters behind Cape Henlopen, Delaware, built between 1828 and 1898 to establish a shipping haven on a coastline that lacked safe harbors. The Harbor of Refuge is at the mouth of the Delaware Bay estuary where it opens ...

  7. Cape May–Lewes Ferry - Wikipedia

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    The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 [ 1 ] and is the final crossing of the Delaware River -Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean .

  8. Lewes - Wikipedia

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    50°52′29″N 00°00′42″E  /  50.87472°N 0.01167°E  / 50.87472; 0.01167. Lewes (/ ˈluːɪs / ⓘ) is the county town of East Sussex, England. [note 1] The town is the administrative centre of the wider district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the South Downs.

  9. Wilmington, Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Wilmington, Delaware. (2020) Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink) [ 4 ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the ...