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Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 75°34′36″W / 39.51667°N 75.57667°W / 39.51667; -75.57667
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'''Port Penn''' is a [[census-designated place]] located in [[St. George's Hundred, Delaware|St. Georges Hundred]], southern [[New Castle County]], [[Delaware]], United States, below the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] on the west bank of the [[Delaware River]]. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |title=Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012047/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its population is estimated at 252.

{{US Census population
|2020= 162
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
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'''Port Penn''' is an [[census-designated place]] located in [[St. George's Hundred, Delaware|St. Georges Hundred]], southern [[New Castle County]], [[Delaware]] below the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] on the west bank of the [[Delaware River]]. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |title=Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012047/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its population is estimated at 252.


==Education==
==Education==
It is in the [[Colonial School District (Delaware)|Colonial School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-06-18}}</ref> It operates [[William Penn High School (Delaware)|William Penn High School]].
Port Penn is in the [[Colonial School District (Delaware)|Colonial School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-06-18}}</ref> It operates [[William Penn High School (Delaware)|William Penn High School]].


==References==
==References==
[[File:Cleaver Hs Port Penn DE.JPG|thumb|left|Cleaver House]]
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.portpenn.org Port Penn Area Historical Society]
*[http://www.portpenn.org Port Penn Area Historical Society]


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Latest revision as of 03:54, 28 July 2023

Port Penn, Delaware
Census-designated place
Port Penn Interpretive Center
Port Penn Interpretive Center
Port Penn, Delaware is located in Delaware
Port Penn, Delaware
Port Penn, Delaware
Location within the state of Delaware
Port Penn, Delaware is located in the United States
Port Penn, Delaware
Port Penn, Delaware
Port Penn, Delaware (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 75°34′36″W / 39.51667°N 75.57667°W / 39.51667; -75.57667
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Area
[1]
 • Total0.46 sq mi (1.20 km2)
 • Land0.40 sq mi (1.05 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total162
 • Density400.99/sq mi (154.63/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19731
Area code302
FIPS code10-58600
GNIS feature ID214477[2]

Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center.[3] Its population is estimated at 252.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020162—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Education[edit]

Port Penn is in the Colonial School District.[5] It operates William Penn High School.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Port Penn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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