List of incorporated places in Delaware
The following is a list of incorporated places in the state of Delaware. Population data based on the 2010 Census.[1]
| Rank |
Name |
Type |
Population |
County |
Hundred |
Settled |
Inc. |
Origin of Name |
| 1 |
Wilmington † |
City |
70,851 |
New Castle |
Wilmington Hundred |
1638 |
1739 |
Spencer Compton,
Earl of Wilmington |
| 2 |
Dover †† |
City |
36,047 |
Kent |
East Dover Hundred |
1683 |
1829 |
|
| 3 |
Newark |
City |
31,454 |
New Castle |
White Clay Hundred |
1694 |
1758 |
|
| 4 |
Middletown |
Town |
18,871 |
New Castle |
St. George's Hundred |
|
1861 |
Middle of Bohemia and Appoquinimink Rivers trade route |
| 5 |
Smyrna |
Town |
10,023 |
Kent/New Castle |
Duck Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Milford |
City |
9,559 |
Kent/Sussex |
Milford Hundred/Cedar Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 7 |
Seaford |
City |
6,928 |
Sussex |
Seaford Hundred |
|
1865 |
Seaford, East Sussex |
| 8 |
Georgetown † |
Town |
6,422 |
Sussex |
Georgetown Hundred |
1791 |
1869 |
Commissioner
George Mitchell |
| 9 |
Elsmere |
Town |
6,131 |
New Castle |
Christiana Hundred |
c1890 |
1909 |
|
| 10 |
New Castle |
City |
5,285 |
New Castle |
New Castle Hundred |
1651 |
1875 |
|
| 11 |
Millsboro |
Town |
3,877 |
Sussex |
Dagsboro Hundred |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Laurel |
Town |
3,708 |
Sussex |
Little Creek Hundred |
|
|
Laurel Trees |
| 13 |
Harrington |
City |
3,562 |
Kent |
Mispillion Hundred |
|
|
|
| 14 |
Camden |
Town |
3,464 |
Kent |
North Murderkill Hundred |
|
1982 |
|
| 15 |
Clayton |
Town |
2,918 |
Kent/New Castle |
Duck Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 16 |
Lewes |
City |
2,747 |
Sussex |
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred |
1631 |
1883 |
Lewes, East Sussex |
| 17 |
Milton |
Town |
2,576 |
Sussex |
Broadkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 18 |
Selbyville |
Town |
2,167 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
Sampson Selby |
| 19 |
Townsend |
Town |
2,049 |
New Castle |
Appoquinimink Hundred |
|
|
|
| 20 |
Bridgeville |
Town |
2,048 |
Sussex |
Northwest Fork Hundred |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Ocean View |
Town |
1,882 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
Views the Ocean |
| 22 |
Delaware City |
City |
1,695 |
New Castle |
Red Lion Hundred |
1826 |
|
Delaware River |
| 23 |
Delmar |
Town |
1,597 |
Sussex |
Little Creek Hundred |
|
|
Delaware Maryland contraction |
| 24 |
Cheswold |
Town |
1,380 |
Kent |
Kenton Hundred/Little Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Rehoboth Beach |
City |
1,327 |
Sussex |
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred |
|
|
Rehoboth (Bible) |
| 26 |
Wyoming |
Town |
1,313 |
Kent |
North Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 27 |
Felton |
Town |
1,298 |
Kent |
South Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Blades |
Town |
1,241 |
Sussex |
Broad Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Bellefonte |
Town |
1,193 |
New Castle |
Brandywine Hundred |
|
1915 |
|
| 30 |
Bethany Beach |
Town |
1,060 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
Bethany (Biblical village) |
| 31 |
Newport |
Town |
1,055 |
New Castle |
Christiana Hundred |
|
1985 |
|
| 32 |
Greenwood |
Town |
973 |
Sussex |
Northwest Fork Hundred |
|
1991 |
|
| 33 |
Frankford |
Town |
847 |
Sussex |
Dagsboro Hundred |
|
|
|
| 34 |
Dagsboro |
Town |
805 |
Sussex |
Dagsboro Hundred |
|
|
|
| 35 |
Frederica |
Town |
774 |
Kent |
South Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 36 |
Millville |
Town |
544 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
|
| 37 |
South Bethany |
Town |
449 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
Bethany (Biblical village) |
| 38 |
Arden |
Village |
439 |
New Castle |
Brandywine Hundred |
|
1965 |
|
| 39 |
Ellendale |
Town |
381 |
Sussex |
Cedar Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 40 |
Fenwick Island |
Town |
379 |
Sussex |
Baltimore Hundred |
|
|
Thomas Fenwick |
| 41 |
Houston |
Town |
374 |
Kent |
Milford Hundred |
|
|
|
| 42 |
Odessa |
Town |
364 |
New Castle |
St. George's Hundred |
|
|
|
| 43 |
Dewey Beach |
Town |
341 |
Sussex |
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred |
|
|
|
| 44 |
Bowers |
Town |
335 |
Kent |
South Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 45 |
Ardentown |
Village |
264 |
New Castle |
Brandywine Hundred |
|
|
|
| 46 |
Kenton |
Town |
261 |
Kent |
Kenton Hundred |
|
|
|
| 47 |
Ardencroft |
Village |
231 |
New Castle |
Brandywine Hundred |
|
|
|
| 48 |
Magnolia |
Town |
225 |
Kent |
South Murderkill Hundred |
|
1885 |
|
| 49 |
Little Creek |
Town |
224 |
Kent |
Little Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 50 |
Slaughter Beach |
Town |
207 |
Sussex |
Cedar Creek Hundred |
|
|
William Slaughter |
| 51 |
Leipsic |
Town |
183 |
Kent |
Little Creek Hundred |
|
|
|
| 52 |
Woodside |
Town |
181 |
Kent |
North Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 53 |
Bethel |
Town |
171 |
Sussex |
Broad Creek Hundred |
|
|
Bethel |
| 54 |
Viola |
Town |
157 |
Kent |
North Murderkill Hundred |
|
|
|
| 55 |
Henlopen Acres |
Town |
122 |
Sussex |
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred |
|
|
Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen |
| 56 |
Farmington |
Town |
110 |
Kent |
Mispillion Hundred |
|
|
|
| 57 |
Hartly |
Town |
74 |
Kent |
West Dover Hundred |
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References
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Lists of cities in the United States by state
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