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The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the Unified Development Code on the undeveloped farmland. [10]
Area code 302 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Delaware. It is Delaware's only area code, and was assigned in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes. Despite the rapid growth in telecommunication services in the northern part of the state, area code 302 is not projected to ...
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] Delaware is divided into three counties and contains 57 incorporated places consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
The University of Delaware Library (2001). The Hundreds of Delaware Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 17, 2005. The Delaware Genealogical research Guide (1997). Delaware Counties and Hundreds. Retrieved August 17, 2005. The Historical Society of Delaware. Delaware Counties. Retrieved August 17, 2005.
Georgetown is a town and the county seat of Sussex County, Delaware, United States. [3] According to the 2010 census, the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade. [4] Georgetown is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (1926–2017) – University of Delaware football coach; College Football Hall of Famer; George Read (1733–1798) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chief Justice of Delaware; George Read Jr. (1765–1836) – U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; built the Read House and Gardens
The Smyrna Rest Area is located north of Smyrna at the junction of US 13 and DE 1 at Exit 119. US 13 and DE 1 both run south to Dover and north to Wilmington . Delaware Route 6 runs east–west through Smyrna, heading west to Clayton and Blackiston and east to Woodland Beach .
Magnolia is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Recent estimates put the population at around 235, however, the population was 277 at the 2020 census. [3]