Sussex County
Also known as Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex County, DE
county in Delaware, United States
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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 )
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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.