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Sussex County
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county in Delaware, United States
Sussex County is a county located in Delaware in the United States. It is the southernmost county in Delaware and serves as an important part of the state's geography and economy.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Delaware
- Founded
- August 8, 1683
- Named after
- Sussex , England
- Seat
- Georgetown
- Largest city
- Seaford
- Total
- 1,196 sq mi (3,100 km )
- Land
- 936 sq mi (2,420 km )
- Water
- 260 sq mi (670 km ) 21.7%
- Estimate 2024
- 277,140
- Density
- 253.61/sq mi (97.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- sussexcountyde .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sussex
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Delaware
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Population
- 237378
- Area
- 3097
- Shares border with
- Kent County
- Official website
- www.co.sussex.de.us
- Image
- Sussex County Courthouse, Georgetown.jpg
- Households
- 94223
Show 10 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sussex County, Delaware
- topic's main category
- Category:Sussex County, Delaware
- Commons category
- Sussex County, Delaware
- inception
- 1683-00-00
- different from
- Sussex
- water as percent of area
- 21.7
- native label
- Sussex County
- social media followers
- 4012
- per capita income
- 36739
- topic has template
- Template:Sussex County, Delaware
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Encyclopedic overview
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 behind New Castle and ahead of Kent. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware was founded by the Dutch in 1631 near the present-day town of Lewes on the Atlantic Coast. However, Sussex County was not organized until 1683 under English colonial rule.
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