BlockDelaware
The archive covers 3 counties in Delaware so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Delaware
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 1,634 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 459 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Local histories | 1 | Complete chapters from the county histories, reproduced unedited. |
| Listed properties | 683 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Words of narrative | 97,702 | Public-domain county history, published complete. |
Counties
3 of 3All 3 counties in Delaware. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County | 360 | 136 | not yet read | |
| New Castle County | 788 | 411 | 97,702 words | |
| Sussex County | 509 | 136 | not yet read |
Settlements in Delaware
1,634 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Delaware, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.