Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County, Delaware | ||
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Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown | ||
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Location in the state of Delaware | ||
Delaware's location in the U.S. | ||
Founded | August 8, 1683 | |
Seat | Georgetown | |
Largest city | Seaford | |
Area | ||
• Total | 1,196 sq mi (3,098 km2) | |
• Land | 936 sq mi (2,424 km2) | |
• Water | 260 sq mi (673 km2), 21.7% | |
Population (est.) | ||
• (2015) | 215,622 | |
• Density | 211/sq mi (81/km²) | |
Congressional district | At-large | |
Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | |
Website |
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Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the population was 197,145.[1] The county seat is Georgetown.[2]
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware was founded by the Dutch in 1631 near the present-day town of Lewes. However, Sussex County was not organized until 1683 under English colonial rule.
Sussex County is included in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses much of central Delmarva.
History
Beginnings
Archaeologists estimate that the first inhabitants of Sussex County, the southernmost county in Delaware, arrived between 10,000 and 14,000 years ago. Native Americans in Sussex County called themselves by the various tribal names of the Algonquin Nation. By the historic period, the most prominent tribes in the area were the Leni Lenape and Nanticoke tribes. The people settled along the numerous bodies of water in the area where they were able to harvest fish, oysters, and other shellfish in the fall and winter. In the warmer months they planted crops, and hunted deer and other small mammals, as larger game was not present in the area.[3]
European discovery
There is no agreement on which group was the first to settle in Sussex County. Historians believe that, in the early years of exploration from 1593 to 1630, Spanish or Portuguese explorers were likely the first Europeans to see the Delaware River and the lands of present-day Sussex County.
On an expedition for the Dutch West India Company, Henry Hudson recorded discovery in 1609 of what was later named the Delaware River. Attempting to following him, Samuel Argall, an English explorer, was blown off course in 1610 and landed in a strange bay that he named after the Governor of Virginia, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr.
In the first half of 1613, Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, a Dutch navigator, discovered and named both Cape May and Cape Henlopen (originally Hindlopen) in the Delaware Bay. Later it was found that what May had named Henlopen was actually Fenwick Island protruding into the Atlantic Ocean. The name of the cape was moved to its present location just east of Lewes.
European settlement
Sussex County was the site of the first European settlement in Delaware, a Dutch trading post named Zwaanendael at the present site of Lewes. On June 3, 1631, Dutch captain David Pietersen de Vries landed along the shores of the Delaware to establish a whaling colony in the mid-Atlantic of the New World. The colony lasted only until 1632, when De Vries left. Upon returning to Zwaanendael that December, he found the Indian tribes had killed his men and burned the colony. The Dutch set about settling the area once again.[4]
Although the Dutch and Swedes returned to resettle the Delaware River region as early as 1638, much of the Delaware Bay area south of what is today the city of Newcastle remained unsettled until 1662. At that time, the city of Amsterdam made a grant of land at the Hoernkills (the area around Cape Henlopen, near the current town of Lewes) to a party of Mennonites. A total of 35 men were to be included in the settlement, led by a Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy of Zierikzee and funded by a sizable loan from the city to get them established. This settlement, established in 1663, was organized in part to respond to threats from the English colony of Maryland to the west beginning to assert rights over the area. The English wrested control of New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664 and they had the Mennonite settlement destroyed that same year; English reports indicated that “not even a nail” was left there.[5]
Settlement in the area after the English ejected the Dutch was slow. The Swedes and Finns who had settled in the area from the days of New Sweden had generally welcomed the English and were allowed to stay; the few Dutch found in the area were rounded up as prisoners and sent to Virginia as slaves. Lord Baltimore encouraged Marylanders to move east to settle the area. But the land was far removed from other, more established settlements and did not appeal to many new settlers. It was a tempting wilderness base for pirates to hide out from authorities and regularly pillage settlers for supplies.
The Dutch briefly recaptured the territory in 1673 as part of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. At that point, they established courts in the town of New Castle and at the Hoerkill at the southern end of the territory, effectively creating two counties out of the territory. After the war concluded in 1674, the Delaware territory was returned to the English, at which point it was placed under the control of James Stuart, Duke of York.
In 1680, the Duke reorganized the territory south of the Mispillion River as Deale County with the county seat at New Deale (modern-day Lewes); and created a third county, St. Jones, out of the Delaware territory between the Mispillion River and Duck Creek. In 1682, English King Charles II awarded the Delaware territories to William Penn in settlement of family debts, and Penn reorganized all three Delaware counties: Deale County become Sussex County, and St. Jones County became Kent County, in recognition of Penn's homelands in Sussex County, England. He brought 200 people from Sussex, England as colonists.[6] The town of New Deale was renamed Lewistown (today known as Lewes). At this time, Penn claimed that the Delaware territory extended as far south as Fenwick Island. The 'Three Lower Counties' (Delaware) along Delaware Bay were considered under Penn's sphere of settlement and became the Delaware Colony, a satellite of Pennsylvania.
But the boundary disputes continued between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore and William Penn both claimed the land between the 39th and 40th parallels, according to the charters granted to each colony. Whereas Penn claimed the Delaware territories extended to Fenwick Island, Calvert claimed the Colony ended at Lewes with all the land south of the settlement belonging to Somerset County.[7]
In 1732 Charles Calvert signed a territorial agreement with William Penn's sons that drew a line somewhere in between the two colonies and also renounced Calvert's claim to Delaware. But Lord Baltimore later claimed that the document he signed did not contain the terms he had agreed to, and refused to put the agreement into effect. Beginning in the mid-1730s, violence erupted between settlers claiming various loyalties to Maryland and Pennsylvania. The border conflict between Pennsylvania and Maryland would be known as Cresap's War.
In 1750-1751, a team of surveyors from both colonies surveyed and marked the Transpeninsular Line, which established the southern boundary of Sussex County. However, residents of the disputed territory continued to pay taxes to Maryland into the 1770s.
The issue was unresolved until the Crown intervened in 1760, ordering Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore to accept the 1732 agreement. As part of the settlement, the Penns and Calverts commissioned the English team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey the newly established boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony and parts of Colony and Old Dominion of Virginia.
Between 1763 and 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed the Mason-Dixon line settling Sussex County's western borders. After Pennsylvania abolished slavery in 1781, the western part of this line and the Ohio River became a border between free and slave states, although Delaware remained a slave state.
The resolution of the boundary dispute enlarged Sussex County considerably, and the new territory was nicknamed New Sussex.
In 1769 a movement started to move the county seat from Lewes to the area then known as Cross Roads, the present day site of Milton. The current county seat of Georgetown was settled upon on January 27, 1791 after residents in western Sussex County successfully petitioned the Delaware General Assembly to move the county seat to a central location as roads at the time made it too difficult to reach the county seat in Lewes.[8] Georgetown was not a previously established town and on May 9, 1791, the 10 commissioners headed by President of the State Senate George Mitchell negotiated the purchase of 76 acres (310,000 m2) and Commissioner Rhodes Shankland began the survey by laying out "a spacious square of 100 yards (91 m) each way." Eventually the town was laid out in a circle one mile (1.6 km) across, centered on the original square surveyed by Shankland and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Georgetown was named after Senate President George Mitchell.[9]
Sussex County has been known by several names over the years including Susan County, Hoorenkill or Whorekill County as named by the Dutch prior to 1680 when Kent County broke off, Deale County from 1680 to 1682 after being taken over by the British under James Stuart, Duke of York prior to signing over to William Penn, and Durham County when claimed by the Lords Baltimore during the boundary dispute with the Penn family.[10]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,196 square miles (3,100 km2), of which 936 square miles (2,420 km2) is land and 260 square miles (670 km2) (21.7%) is water.[11] It is the largest county in Delaware by area. The county's land area comprises 48.0 percent of the state's land area. It is the second highest percentage by any county in the United States.
Sussex County, like all of Delaware's counties, is subdivided into Hundreds. There are several explanations given for how the Hundreds were arrived at, being an area containing 100 families, an area containing 100 people, or an area that could raise 100 soldiers.[12] Sussex County is apportioned into eleven Hundreds: Cedar Creek, Broadkiln, Georgetown, Nanticoke, Northwest Fork, Broad Creek, Little Creek, Dagsboro, Baltimore, Indian River, and Lewes & Rehoboth.
The eastern portion of the county is home to most of Delaware's beaches and many seaside resorts. The western side of the county is center of Delaware's agriculture industry with more acres of arable land under cultivation than anywhere else in the state.
Sussex County is home to an extensive system of Southern saltwater and freshwater wetlands, notably the Great Cypress Swamp. This massive freshwater swamp contains the northernmost strand of Bald Cypress trees in the United States.[13]
Adjacent counties
- Kent County, Delaware – north
- Cape May County, New Jersey – northeast
- Worcester County, Maryland – south
- Dorchester County, Maryland – southwest
- Wicomico County, Maryland – southwest
- Caroline County, Maryland – northwest
Major highways
There are three major north-south highways in Sussex County:
- US Route 13 in the west
- US Route 113 in the middle
- State Route 1 along the coast
In addition, Sussex has a number of east-west thoroughfares, the primary being U.S. Route 9. State Routes 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 30, 54 and 404 also service the area, providing alternatives east-west routes to most municipalities in the county.
National protected area
Government
Year | Republican | Democratic |
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2012 | 55.9% 52,119 | 42.9% 39,975 |
2008 | 53.8% 47,939 | 45.2% 40,299 |
2004 | 60.5% 47,003 | 38.7% 30,098 |
2000 | 52.2% 34,620 | 44.9% 29,739 |
1996 | 42.7% 22,187 | 44.6% 23,191 |
1992 | 38.9% 20,440 | 36.5% 19,174 |
1988 | 62.0% 27,129 | 37.7% 16,504 |
1984 | 67.3% 28,337 | 32.4% 13,629 |
1980 | 52.1% 19,472 | 42.7% 15,973 |
1976 | 47.6% 17,153 | 51.4% 18,552 |
1972 | 64.6% 21,964 | 34.2% 11,630 |
1968 | 47.2% 15,618 | 35.3% 11,671 |
1964 | 44.2% 14,305 | 55.5% 17,971 |
1960 | 51.1% 16,392 | 48.2% 15,472 |
Unlike Northern Delaware, particularly New Castle County, Sussex County is highly conservative and has been a Republican Party stronghold for decades. Republicans dominate county council with only one district electing a Democrat. Republicans also dominate the State Senate and State House of Representative districts within the county. It was the only county in Delaware that Barack Obama didn't carry in either of his presidential bids, despite the presence of native son Joe Biden on the ballot.
Sussex County's government is composed of an elected legislature and various elective executive heads of departments. The county council has five members, who serve four-year terms; all are elected from single-member districts or geographic subdivisions. They form the legislative authority of the county, which chooses a "County Administrator" or executive.
The county council members are Council President Michael H. Vincent (R), Vice President Samuel R. Wilson (R), Vance Phillips (R), George Cole (R), and Joan Deaver (D).[14]
The additional offices of Clerk of the Peace, Register of Deeds, Register of Wills and Sheriff are elected at-large.[15] These positions are held by John Brady (D), Scott Dailey (R), Cynthia Green (R), and Robert Lee (R), respectively.[16][17]
Delaware Legislature has four senatorial districts and nine representative districts that lie within Sussex County:
- District 6 - Ernesto Lopez (R)
- District 18 - F. Gary Simpson (R)
- District 19 - Brian G. Pettyjohn (R)
- District 20 - Gerald Hocker (R)
- District 21 - Bryant Richardson (R)
State House of Representatives:
- District 14 - Peter C. Schwartzkopf (D)
- District 20 - Stephen Smyk (R)
- District 35 - David Wilson (R)
- District 36 - Harvey R. Kenton (R)
- District 37 - Ruth Briggs King (R)
- District 38 - Ronald E. Gray (R)
- District 39 - Daniel Short (R)
- District 40 - Timothy Dukes (R)
- District 41 - Richard Collins (R)
Demographics
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1790 | 20,488 | — | |
1800 | 19,358 | −5.5% | |
1810 | 27,750 | 43.4% | |
1820 | 24,057 | −13.3% | |
1830 | 27,115 | 12.7% | |
1840 | 25,093 | −7.5% | |
1850 | 25,936 | 3.4% | |
1860 | 29,615 | 14.2% | |
1870 | 31,696 | 7.0% | |
1880 | 36,018 | 13.6% | |
1890 | 38,647 | 7.3% | |
1900 | 42,276 | 9.4% | |
1910 | 46,413 | 9.8% | |
1920 | 43,741 | −5.8% | |
1930 | 45,507 | 4.0% | |
1940 | 52,502 | 15.4% | |
1950 | 61,336 | 16.8% | |
1960 | 73,195 | 19.3% | |
1970 | 80,356 | 9.8% | |
1980 | 98,004 | 22.0% | |
1990 | 113,229 | 15.5% | |
2000 | 156,638 | 38.3% | |
2010 | 197,145 | 25.9% | |
Est. 2015 | 215,622 | [19] | 9.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[20] 1790-1960[21] 1900-1990[22] 1990-2000[23] 2010-2015[1] |
The county has been growing, with the population in 2010 at 197,145 and estimated for 2013 at 210,489.[1] The racial makeup is estimated for 2013 at 82.5% White and 75.1% Non-Hispanic White, 12.9% Black or African American, 1.3% Native American, 1.2% Asian, .1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% from two or more races. 9.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[1]
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 156,638 people, 62,577 households, and 43,866 families residing in the county. The population density was 167 people per square mile (64/km²). There were 93,070 housing units at an average density of 99 per square mile (38/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 80.35% White, 14.89% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.02% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 4.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 14.9% were of English, 14.3% United States or American (Mostly British), 12.9% Irish, 12.5% German and 5.6% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 93.3% spoke English and 4.3% Spanish as their first language.
There were 62,577 households out of which 27.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were married couples living together, 11.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the county the population was spread out with 22.50% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 18.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $39,208, and the median income for a family was $45,203. Males had a median income of $30,811 versus $23,625 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,328. About 7.70% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.00% of those under age 18 and 8.40% of those age 65 or over.
Eastern parts of Sussex County, particularly the Cape Region, tend to be more affluent than western portions of the county, with a median household income of $77,030 in 2009.[24]
2010 census
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 197,145 people, 79,368 households, and 53,698 families residing in the county.[25] The population density was 210.6 inhabitants per square mile (81.3/km2). There were 123,036 housing units at an average density of 131.4 per square mile (50.7/km2).[26] The racial makeup of the county was 79.0% white, 12.7% black or African American, 1.0% Asian, 0.8% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 4.1% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 8.6% of the population.[25] In terms of ancestry, 17.9% were Irish, 17.8% were German, 15.9% were English, 7.0% were Italian, and 6.2% were American.[27]
Of the 79,368 households, 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.3% were non-families, and 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age was 45.4 years.[25]
The median income for a household in the county was $51,046 and the median income for a family was $59,053. Males had a median income of $41,978 versus $32,148 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,779. About 8.0% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.[28]
Economy
Most of Sussex County's economy revolves around agriculture. In fact, Sussex County produces the most poultry of any county in the United States.[29][30] Tourism also plays a large part of the economy, particularly in eastern Sussex County. According to SeaGrant Delaware, the Delaware Beaches generate $6.9 billion annually and over $711 million in tax revenue.[31]
The average home and property price in Sussex County increased 250% in the ten years between 1995 and 2005. Local increases within Sussex County for this period include a 381% increase for Millsboro and a 609% increase for Millville. Sussex County is served by the Delaware Coast Line Railway, the Maryland & Delaware Railway and the Norfolk Southern Railway.[32]
Education
Public
Sussex County is served by eight public school districts.[33]
- Cape Henlopen School District
- Delmar School District
- Indian River School District
- Laurel School District
- Milford School District (also serves Kent County)
- Seaford School District
- Sussex Technical School District (County-wide overlay school district)
- Woodbridge School District
The county also contains one charter school, the Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences.[34]
Those state funded public high schools which participate in sporting events are members of the Henlopen Conference.
Private
There are several private schools in Sussex County: Bible Center Christian Academy (Laurel), Children Craft CO (Seaford), Delmarva Christian High School (Georgetown, Destiny Christian School (Georgetown), Eagle's Nest Christian School (Milton), Epworth Christian School (Laurel), Greenwood Mennonite School (Greenwood), Harbor Christian Academy (Ellendale), The Jefferson School (Georgetown), Jesus Is Lord Christian Academy (Georgetown), Lighthouse Christian School (Dagsboro), Lighted Pathway Christian Academy (Seaford), Milford Christian School (Milford) and Seaford Christian Academy (Seaford).[35]
Higher education
There are several colleges and universities in Sussex County. Delaware Technical Community College has the largest presence in the county, but students can also attend Delaware State University, Goldey-Beacom College, University of Delaware, Wesley College all in Georgetown, the Philadelphia Bible College in Ellendale, and the Beebe Hospital School of Nursing in Lewes. The University of Delaware also maintains a marine science campus in Lewes.
Culture
The culture in Sussex County is much like that found in other Delmarva counties. Sussex County is starkly different from the rest of the Mid-Atlantic and is much like that of the Southern United States. Sussex County is driven by agriculture and commercial fishing.[36] Most of the land is rural and there are but a few large population centers. Many local restaurants serve southern cuisine such as sweet tea and dishes including or composed entirely of greens in addition to menus heavy with fried food.
Many dialectic studies show that Sussex County residents, much like surrounding Delmarva counties, have a variation of Southern American English which is particularly prevalent in rural areas.[37]
Festivals, fairs, and events
Sussex County, Delaware is home to several festivals, fairs, and events. Some of the more notable festivals are the Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral to mark the end of summer, Apple Scrapple Festival in Bridgeville, the Return Day Parade held after elections in even-numbered years in Georgetown, the Laurel Independence Day Celebration, the Nanticoke Indian Pow Wow in Oak Orchard, the Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival, the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, the Sea Witch Halloween Festival and Parade in Rehoboth Beach, and Seaford Riverfest. Also, Sussex County is the home of the Senior League Softball World Series in Roxana at the Lower Sussex Little League Field. The World Championship Punkin Chunkin was formerly held in Sussex County before moving to Dover.
Media
Newspapers
- Cape Gazette
- Coastal Point, Ocean View
- Delaware Coast Press, Rehoboth Beach
- Delaware Wave, Bethany Beach
- Hoy en Delaware, Georgetown
- Laurel Star, Laurel
- Leader & State Register, Seaford
- Milford Beacon, Milford
- Milford Chronicle, Milford
- Seaford Star, Seaford
- Sussex Countian
- Sussex Post, Georgetown
- The Script, Georgetown (published at various times throughout the school year, stories by DelTech students majoring in communications)
Radio
Call sign | Frequency | City of license[38][39] | Owner[40] | Format[40][41] |
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WAFL | 97.7 FM | Milford | Delmarva Broadcasting Company | Hot Adult Contemporary |
WGBG | 98.5 FM | Seaford | Great Scott Broadcasting | Classic Rock |
WGMD | 92.7 FM | Rehoboth Beach | Resort Broadcasting Co., LLC | News Talk Information |
WJKI | 103.5 FM | Bethany Beach | Great Scott Broadcasting | Classic Rock |
WJWL | 900 AM | Georgetown | Great Scott Broadcasting | Spanish Variety |
WKDB | 95.3 FM | Laurel | Great Scott Broadcasting | Contemporary Hit Radio |
WLBW | 92.1 FM | Fenwick Island | Clear Channel Communications | Oldies |
WNCL | 101.3 FM | Milford | Delmarva Broadcasting Company | Oldies |
WOCM | 98.1 FM | Selbyville | Irie Radio, Inc. | Album Adult Alternative |
WKZP | 95.9 FM | Bethany Beach | Clear Channel Media + Entertainment | Hit Music |
WRBG-LP | 106.5 FM | Millsboro | Rhythm and Blues Group Harmonty Association, Inc. | |
WSUX | 1280 AM | Seaford | Great Scott Broadcasting | Spanish Variety |
WYUS | 930 AM | Milford | Delmarva Broadcasting Company | Spanish Contemporary |
WZBH | 93.5 FM | Georgetown | Great Scott Broadcasting | Active Rock |
WZEB | 101.7 FM | Ocean View | Great Scott Broadcasting | Contemporary Hit Radio |
WXDE | 105.9 FM | Lewes | Delmarva Broadcasting Company | News Talk |
Television
- WBOC, Milton, CBS & Fox
- WMDT, Dover, ABC and CW
- WDPB, Seaford, PBS
- WRDE, Rehoboth Beach, NBC and MyTV
Communities
Cities
- Lewes
- Milford (partly in Kent County)
- Rehoboth Beach
- Seaford
Towns
Unincorporated communities
See also
References
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- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ Harold B. Hancock (1976). The History of Sussex County, Delaware. pp. 1, 2.
- ↑ Hancock, pp 12-13.
- ↑ [Scharf, Thomas J., History of Delaware, 1609 – 1888, 1888
- ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1865). Worthies of Sussex: Biographical sketches of the most eminent natives or inhabitants of the county. Lewes: Sussex Advertiser. p. 341.
- ↑ Sussex County, Delaware: USGenWeb Project
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- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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- ↑ "Sussex County – Government Structure". Sussex County Council. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
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- ↑ "New Class of County Officials Sworn In". MILFORD LIVE, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
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- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
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- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
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- 1 2 3 "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ Cohen, Micah (August 31, 2012). "Delaware: A Small Example of a Larger Trend". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Community Data" (PDF). Sussex County. September 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
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(help) - ↑ "Delaware Public School Districts for K-12 Education". Delaware Educational Directory. Delaware Department of Education. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
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(help) - ↑ Sussex County, Delaware Private Schools
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