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800 sq mi. ( 2,072 km 2) New Castle County. 003. Wilmington. 1664. Original County (Formally New Amstel) named in 1673 by Dutch Governor Anthony Colve for the town of New Castle, Delaware as an Anglicization of Nieuw Amstel .
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 ...
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.
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 also the state's ...
Pennsylvania. ( 2020) Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, [ 2 ] is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, [ 3 ] it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area. The county was created on September 26, 1789, from part of Chester County ...
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)
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.
There are 23 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Maryland. Though formally an independent city rather than a county, the City of Baltimore is considered the equal of a county for most purposes and is functionally a county-equivalent in most respects. Many of the counties in Maryland were named for relatives of the Barons ...