List of municipalities in Delaware
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Delaware is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic. According to the 2016 United States Census estimate, Delaware is the 6th least populous state with 952,065 inhabitants but the 2nd smallest by land area spanning 1,948.54 square miles (5,046.7 km2) of land.[1] Delaware is divided into three counties and contains 57 incorporated places consisting of cities, towns, and villages.[1]
The largest municipality by population in Delaware is Wilmington with 70,635 residents, while the largest by area is Dover which spans 23.15 sq mi (60.0 km2). The smallest municipality by both measurements is Hartly with 71 residents in an area of 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2).[1]
List of municipalities[]
- Largest incorporated places in Delaware by population
Skyline of Wilmington, the, largest city in Delaware
Downtown Middletown, fourth largest municipality in Delaware
Rank | Name | Type | Population[2] | Area[3] | County | Hundred | Settled | Inc. | Origin of Name |
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1 | Wilmington † | City | 70,898 | 17.19 sq mi | New Castle | Wilmington Hundred | 1638 | 1739 | Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington or corruption of Willington after Thomas Willing[4] |
2 | Dover ‡ | City | 39,403 | 23.97 sq mi | Kent | East Dover Hundred | 1683 | 1829 | Dover in Kent, England[4] |
3 | Newark | City | 30,601 | 9.43 sq mi | New Castle | White Clay Hundred | 1694 | 1758 | Newark-on-Trent[4] |
4 | Middletown | Town | 23,192 | 12.65 sq mi | New Castle | St. George's Hundred | 1675 | February 12, 1861 | Halfway between and Odessa, Delaware[4] |
5 | Smyrna | Town | 12,883 | 6.31 sq mi | Kent/New Castle | Duck Creek Hundred | Ancient Greek city of Smyrna[4] | ||
6 | Milford | City | 11,190 | 9.94 sq mi | Kent/Sussex | Milford Hundred/Cedar Creek Hundred | February 5, 1807 | Named for numerous mills around town[4] | |
7 | Seaford | City | 7,957 | 5.16 sq mi | Sussex | Seaford Hundred | April 6, 1865 | Seaford, East Sussex | |
8 | Georgetown † | Town | 7,134 | 5.02 sq mi | Sussex | Georgetown Hundred | 1791 | March 2, 1869 | Commissioner George Mitchell[4] |
9 | Millsboro | Town | 6,863 | 5.43 sq mi | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | 1792 | March 9, 1893 | |
10 | Elsmere | Town | 6,229 | 0.99 sq mi | New Castle | Christiana Hundred | c1890 | March 9, 1909 | |
11 | New Castle | City | 5,551 | 3.52 sq mi | New Castle | New Castle Hundred | 1651 | February 25, 1875 | |
12 | Clayton | Town | 3,961 | 1.95 sq mi | Kent/New Castle | Duck Creek Hundred | Thomas Clayton or Col. Joshua Clayton[4] | ||
13 | Laurel | Town | 3,865 | 2.86 sq mi | Sussex | Little Creek Hundred | April 13, 1883 | laurel trees | |
14 | Harrington | City | 3,774 | 2.73 sq mi | Kent | Mispillion Hundred | March 23, 1869 | Hon. Samuel M. Harrington[4] | |
15 | Camden | Town | 3,715 | 3.75 sq mi | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | 1852[5] | ||
16 | Lewes | City | 3,303 | 5.11 sq mi | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | 1631 | February 2, 1818 | Lewes, East Sussex |
17 | Milton | Town | 3,291 | 1.89 sq mi | Sussex | Broadkill Hundred | March 17, 1865 | Poet John Milton[6] | |
18 | Selbyville | Town | 2,878 | 3.60 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | March 16, 1901 | Sampson Selby | |
19 | Townsend | Town | 2,717 | 1.04 sq mi | New Castle | Appoquinimink Hundred | April 3, 1885 | Samuel Townsend[4] | |
20 | Ocean View | Town | 2,636 | 2.79 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | April 13, 1889 | Views the Ocean | |
21 | Bridgeville | Town | 2,568 | 4.82 sq mi | Sussex | Northwest Fork Hundred | March 29, 1871 | ||
22 | Delmar | Town | 2,027 | 1.90 sq mi | Sussex | Little Creek Hundred | March 9, 1899 | Delaware Maryland contraction[4] | |
23 | Cheswold | Town | 1,923 | 1.84 sq mi | Kent | Kenton Hundred/Little Creek Hundred | 1856 | ||
24 | Delaware City | City | 1,885 | 1.95 sq mi | New Castle | Red Lion Hundred | 1826 | Delaware River | |
25 | Millville | Town | 1,825 | 2.55 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | April 11, 1907 | ||
26 | Wyoming | Town | 1,680 | 1.06 sq mi | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | March 20, 1869 | Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania | |
27 | Felton | Town | 1,316 | 0.78 sq mi | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | 1856 | February 21, 1861 | President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Samuel M. Felton Sr.[7] |
28 | Bellefonte | Town | 1,225 | 0.18 sq mi | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | March 9, 1915 | ||
29 | Blades | Town | 1,179 | 0.56 sq mi | Sussex | Broad Creek Hundred | 1850s | March 10, 1915 | Named for James Blades who owned a tract of land along the Nanticoke River which became Bladesville, and later, Blades[8] |
30 | Rehoboth Beach | City | 1,108 | 1.64 sq mi | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | March 19, 1891 | Rehoboth (Bible) | |
31 | Frederica | Town | 1,073 | 1.74 sq mi | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | 1826 | ||
32 | Greenwood | Town | 990 | 0.79 sq mi | Sussex | Northwest Fork Hundred | 1858 | March 9, 1901 [9] | |
33 | Bethany Beach | Town | 954 | 1.16 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | March 29, 1909 | Bethany (Biblical village) | |
34 | Newport | Town | 910 | 0.48 sq mi | New Castle | Christiana Hundred | 1735 | April 17, 1873[10] | |
35 | Dagsboro | Town | 870 | 1.44 sq mi | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | February 9, 1899 | John Dagworthy[4] | |
36 | Frankford | Town | 790 | 0.73 sq mi | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | 1808 | ||
37 | Ellendale | Town | 487 | 0.42 sq mi | Sussex | Cedar Creek Hundred | 1867 | March 30, 1905 | The town is rumored to be named after either the daughter of Whig Republican Alfred Short,[11] a state legislator, the wife of Dr. John S. Prettyman who laid out the town,[4] or the daughter of Mr. Thomas William Dale, the chief engineer of the railroad survey team.[12] |
38 | South Bethany | Town | 451 | 0.54 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | 1952 | June 18, 1969 | Bethany (Biblical village) |
39 | Arden | Village | 430 | 0.26 sq mi | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | 1900 | December 22, 1965 | |
40 | Houston | Town | 381 | 0.38 sq mi | Kent | Milford Hundred | March 26, 1913 | John W. Houston[4] | |
41 | Odessa | Town | 366 | 0.52 sq mi | New Castle | St. George's Hundred | April 4, 1873 | Odessa in Ukraine[4] | |
42 | Dewey Beach | Town | 353 | 0.33 sq mi | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | June 29, 1981 | ||
43 | Fenwick Island | Town | 343 | 0.48 sq mi | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | July 8, 1953 | Thomas Fenwick | |
44 | Bowers | Town | 278 | 0.32 sq mi | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | March 9, 1907 | ||
45 | Magnolia | Town | 277 | 0.20 sq mi | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | April 3, 1885 | Pierre Magnol[4] | |
46 | Ardentown | Village | 255 | 0.23 sq mi | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | 1922 | June 30, 1975 | |
47 | Bethel | Town | 239 | 0.44 sq mi | Sussex | Broad Creek Hundred | April 4, 1907 | Bethel[4] | |
48 | Ardencroft | Village | 226 | 0.09 sq mi | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | 1950 | July 7, 1976 | |
49 | Slaughter Beach | Town | 218 | 1.44 sq mi | Sussex | Cedar Creek Hundred | Unknown, numerous theories [13] | ||
50 | Kenton | Town | 215 | 0.18 sq mi | Kent | Kenton Hundred | |||
51 | Little Creek | Town | 195 | 0.10 sq mi | Kent | Little Creek Hundred | |||
52 | Woodside | Town | 190 | 0.17 sq mi | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | April 4, 1911 | ||
53 | Leipsic | Town | 178 | 0.32 sq mi | Kent | Little Creek Hundred | February 26, 1852 | Leipzig in Saxony, Germany[4] | |
54 | Viola | Town | 140 | 0.18 sq mi | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | |||
55 | Henlopen Acres | Town | 139 | 0.26 sq mi | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | June 4, 1970 | Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen | |
56 | Farmington | Town | 92 | 0.07 sq mi | Kent | Mispillion Hundred | March 15, 1909 | ||
57 | Hartly | Town | 75 | 0.06 sq mi | Kent | West Dover Hundred | March 23, 1869 |
List of former municipalities[]
Name | Type | County | Hundred | Settled | Incorporated | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Laurel | Town | Sussex | Little Creek Hundred | March 13, 1915 | Merged with Laurel by act of state legislature on April 13, 1929 | |
Saint Georges | Town | New Castle | St. George's Hundred | 1825 | Voluntarily had town charter revoked in 1940 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Population Estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016)". . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018". Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off.
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- ^ "Welcome to the Town of Felton". delaware.gov. Government Information Center. September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "History: A Town Called Blades, Delaware - Town of Blades - Sussex County Delaware". delaware.gov.
- ^ Delaware (1901). At a General Assembly Begun at Dover, in the Delaware State, ... the Following Acts Were Passed ... J. Adams. p. 393. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ^ "History | Town of Newport | New Castle County Delaware". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ^ "Ellendale Delaware -- Sussex County Online, Delaware". sussexcountyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
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