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The sheaf of wheat is taken from the Sussex County seal and signifies the agricultural vitality of the state. The ear of corn was taken from the Kent County seal and symbolizes the agricultural basis of the state's economy. The blue stripe, above the ox, represents the Delaware River, the main stay of the state's commerce and transportation.
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 ]
Media in category "Official seals of places in Delaware" ... File:Sussex County Seal.jpg This page was last edited on 25 January 2007, at 06:45 (UTC). ...
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.
1683 Seal of Kent County. In about 1670 the English began to settle in the valley of the St. Jones River, earlier known as Wolf Creek.On June 21, 1680, the Duke of York chartered St. Jones County, which was carved out of New Amstel/New Castle and Hoarkill/Sussex counties.
In 1791, with the expansion of Sussex County to the south and west, the county seat was moved to Georgetown. [6] 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 ...
Voting 4-1 Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors approved the emblem showing a gull flying by the island's Arch Rock at Anacapa Island off the county's coast.
Coat of arms granted to East Sussex County Council in 1937 Coat of arms granted to East Sussex County Council in 1975. East Sussex County Council adopted a seal in 1889. The seal bore a quartered shield. The first quarter represents Sussex, while the second, third and fourth quarters each represent one of the traditional Sussex subdivisions ...