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.
Port Penn, Delaware | |
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 Port Penn Interpretive Center | |
  Port Penn, Delaware Location within the state of 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 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.46 sq mi (1.20 km2) |
| • Land | 0.40 sq mi (1.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 162 |
| • Density | 400.99/sq mi (154.63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 19731 |
| Area code | 302 |
| FIPS code | 10-58600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 214477[2] |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 162 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Education
editPort Penn is in the Colonial School District.[5] It operates William Penn High School.
References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Port Penn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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