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Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. [1] The county seat is Dover, [2] the state capital of Delaware. It is named for Kent, an English county. [3]
East of Dover on S. Little Creek Rd. Dover: 142: Victorian Dover Historic District: Victorian Dover Historic District: July 16, 1979 : Roughly bounded by Silver Lake, St. Jones River, North and Queen Sts.
Dover (/ ˈ d oʊ v ər / DOH-vər) is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware. [3] It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area.
Pearson's Corner is located in West Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, approximately ten miles west of Dover. What is now Kent County was originally part of the Whorekill County, as it was named by early Dutch settlers. It became an independent territory under the name St. Jones County in 1680 and was transferred to William Penn in 1682.
John Woolman attended Quaker meeting at Little Creek in late summer 1748 during a visit to the Southern Counties of Delaware.. The Cherbourg Round Barn, Little Creek Hundred Rural Historic District, Little Creek Methodist Church, Old Stone Tavern, Port Mahon Lighthouse, Elizabeth Stubbs House, and Jonathan Woodley House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The twice-a-year show and sale features Amish quilts along with other Amish handmade items for home or gifts, as well as crafts by Door County artists. Amish quilts, crafts, even Amish snacks ...
The Dover Transit Center is a park and ride lot and bus terminal located in the city of Dover in Kent County, Delaware.The transit center serves DART First State buses, with service provided by eight local bus routes serving Dover and Kent County and four inter-county bus routes that provide service to Wilmington, Newark, Georgetown, and Lewes.
DE 8 westbound entering Dover. By 1920, what is now DE 8 existed as an unimproved county road. [7] The route was completed as a state highway between the Maryland border in Marydel and Dover by 1924. [8] By 1925, the road was proposed as a state highway between Dover and Little Creek. [9] This state highway was completed by 1931. [10]