Angola, Delaware

Angola, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Angola, Delaware
Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 75°10′29″W / 38.67083°N 75.17472°W / 38.67083; -75.17472Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 75°10′29″W / 38.67083°N 75.17472°W / 38.67083; -75.17472
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	302
GNIS feature ID	216757^[1]

Angola, also referred to as Angola by the Bay, is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Angola is located on an inlet of Rehoboth Bay and is near Delaware Route 24. It is a population center for the Indian River Hundred. Angola took its name from the slaves from Angola who were imported to the community. The community had a post office until 1937.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angola, Delaware
↑ Delaware Federal Writers' Project (1948). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. US History Publishers. p. 549.

Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, Delaware, United States

County seat: Georgetown

Cities	Lewes Milford‡ Rehoboth Beach Seaford

Towns	Bethany Beach Bethel Blades Bridgeville Dagsboro Delmar Dewey Beach Ellendale Fenwick Island Frankford Georgetown Greenwood Henlopen Acres Laurel Millsboro Millville Milton Ocean View Selbyville Slaughter Beach South Bethany

CDP	Long Neck

Unincorporated communities	Adams Crossroads Angola Argo's Corner Atlanta Bacons Bayard Belltown Blackwater Beach Broad Creek Broadkill Beach Bryans Store Bunting Cannon Carpenters Corner Cave Colony Cedar Beach Cedar Creek Clarksons Crossroads Clarksville Cocked Hat Concord Cool Spring Coverdale Crossroads Cross Keys Fairmount Federalsburg Five Points Flea Hill Fowler Beach Gravel Hill Green Hill Gum Crossroads Gumboro Harbeson Hardscrabble Hearns Crossroads Holiday Acres Hollymount Hollyville Israel Haul Jefferson Crossroads Jimtown Johnson Knowles Crossroads Lake Pines Lincoln Lowe Marshtown Massey Landing McDonalds Crossroads Middleford Middlesex Beach Midnight Thicket Midway Mission Morris Mill Mount Joy Nassau Oakley Oak Orchard Old Furnace Omar Owens Packing House Corner Pepperbox Phillips Hill Pinetown Piney Grove Piney Grove Manor Portsville Pusey Crossroads Quakertown Redden Reliance Riverview Roxana Saulsbury Switch Scotts Corner Shaft Ox Corner Shortly Springfield Crossroads Stockley Trinity Tussock Pond Ward Warwick Westwoods Whaleys Corners Whaleys Crossroads Whitesville Williamsville Wood Branch Woodland Heights Zoar

Hundreds	Baltimore Broad Creek Broadkill Cedar Creek Dagsboro Georgetown Gumboro Indian River Lewes & Rehoboth Little Creek Nanticoke Northwest Fork Seaford

Ghost towns	Owens Station Saint Johnstown

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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