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'''Port Penn''' is an [[unincorporated community]] located in southern [[New Castle County]], [[Delaware]] below the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]]. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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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
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==Education==
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==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.portpenn.org Port Penn Area Historical Society]


{{New Castle County, Delaware}}
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware]]
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware]]
[[Category:New Castle County, Delaware]]




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==External links==
*[http://www.portpenn.org/ The Port Penn Area Historical Society] Official website of the Port Penn Historical Society

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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