Harrington (Delaware)
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Location in Delaware
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Delaware | ||
| County : | Kent County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 55 ′ N , 75 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,562 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 685 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 18 m | ||
| Postal code : | 19952 | ||
| Area code : | +1 302 | ||
| FIPS : | 10-33120 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 214060 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofharrington.us | ||
Harrington is a small town in Kent County in the US state of Delaware , United States , with 3,562 inhabitants (as of 2010 ). It is located on Highway 13 about 1000 km south of New York and about 10 km from the Atlantic Ocean . About 11% of the population can refer to German-speaking ancestors.
free time activities
In addition to a few small museums like the Messick Agricultural Museum and the Railroad Museum , the city has the Quillen Arena , an 80,500 square feet covered arena with up to 2,100 permanent seats. There rodeos and exhibitions for the city and the surrounding area are held. Another attraction is The Center Ice Rink and the Harrington Raceway , where betting is allowed 90 days a year.
City history
The town's origins go back to a Clark family who lived there in the 1730s. By 1800, two streets passed their property and so the family built a small convenience store called Clarks Corner. In 1856 a railway line was built in the neighborhood, which belonged to the Delaware Railway Line, the Pennsylvania Railroad Railway Company. Matthew J. Clark then sold part of his land piece by piece to new residents willing to invest, and so houses and shops were built for the surrounding farms. In 1859 the area, then still called Junction Station , was named Harrington and ten years later, in 1869, it was allowed to call itself a town. With the construction of the Junction and Breakwater railway line, the importance of Harrington consolidated and so in 1887 already 1,300 people lived in the village.
