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Subdivisions. Municipality. The U.S. state of Delaware is divided into three counties, the fewest of any state in the United States: New Castle, Kent and Sussex. [1] The origin of the county boundaries goes back to their former court districts.
Delaware is 96 miles (154 km) long and ranges from 9 to 35 miles (14 to 56 km) across, with a land area of 1,982 square miles (5,130 km 2) [55] and a total area of 2,489 square miles (6,450 km 2), [56] making it the second-smallest state by either metric in the United States after Rhode Island. Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania ...
Delaware is divided into three counties and contains 57 incorporated places consisting of cities, towns, and villages. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Of these, there are 10 cities, 3 villages, and 44 towns. As of 2020, the largest municipality by population in Delaware is Wilmington with 70,898 residents, while the largest by area is Dover which spans 23.668 sq ...
Website. www.nccde.org. New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, [2] making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, [3] which is ...
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Delaware also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ a ] The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political ...
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. County officials in Delaware (3 C, 6 P) National Register of Historic Places in Delaware by county (4 C) Buildings and structures in Delaware by county (9 C) Companies based in Delaware by county (3 C) Education in Delaware by county (5 C)
Delaware is subdivided into three counties; from north to south they are New Castle, Kent and Sussex. This is the fewest among all states. Each county elects its own legislative body (known in New Castle and Sussex counties as County Council, and in Kent County as Levy Court), which deal primarily in zoning and development issues. Most ...