Bacons, Delaware

Bacons, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Bacons, Delaware
Coordinates: 38°30′30″N 75°34′11″W / 38.50833°N 75.56972°W / 38.50833; -75.56972Coordinates: 38°30′30″N 75°34′11″W / 38.50833°N 75.56972°W / 38.50833; -75.56972
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	302
GNIS feature ID	216022[1]

Bacons is an unincorporated community located 4 miles north of the Maryland line in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Also known as Bacon Switch, the site was once a thriving railroad switch point in the late 19th century. The site between Delmar, Delaware and Laurel, Delaware had a number of small stores. It was named after the Bacon family, who started a farm there, before expanding into the sawmill and basket making business. Parents Thomas and Amelia Bacon, had five sons: Frank, Albert, Thomas, William and Harry. The son Thomas designed a collapsible egg carrier in 1884 that was granted a US Patent, number 299715 . The egg carrier was used to ship eggs to Philadelphia, where it would be collapsed and returned to the farmer. Thomas Bacon Jr. died in 1939.

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Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, Delaware, United States County seat: Georgetown Cities Lewes Milford‡ Rehoboth Beach Seaford Towns Bethany Beach Bethel Blades Bridgeville Dagsboro Delmar Dewey Beach Ellendale Fenwick Island Frankford Georgetown Greenwood Henlopen Acres Laurel Millsboro Millville Milton Ocean View Selbyville Slaughter Beach South Bethany CDP Long Neck Unincorporated communities Adams Crossroads Angola Argo's Corner Atlanta Bacons Bayard Belltown Blackwater Beach Broad Creek Broadkill Beach Bryans Store Bunting Cannon Carpenters Corner Cave Colony Cedar Beach Cedar Creek Clarksons Crossroads Clarksville Cocked Hat Concord Cool Spring Coverdale Crossroads Cross Keys Fairmount Federalsburg Five Points Flea Hill Fowler Beach Gravel Hill Green Hill Gum Crossroads Gumboro Harbeson Hardscrabble Hearns Crossroads Holiday Acres Hollymount Hollyville Israel Haul Jefferson Crossroads Jimtown Johnson Knowles Crossroads Lake Pines Lincoln Lowe Marshtown Massey Landing McDonalds Crossroads Middleford Middlesex Beach Midnight Thicket Midway Mission Morris Mill Mount Joy Nassau Oakley Oak Orchard Old Furnace Omar Owens Packing House Corner Pepperbox Phillips Hill Pinetown Piney Grove Piney Grove Manor Portsville Pusey Crossroads Quakertown Redden Reliance Riverview Roxana Saulsbury Switch Scotts Corner Shaft Ox Corner Shortly Springfield Crossroads Stockley Trinity Tussock Pond Ward Warwick Westwoods Whaleys Corners Whaleys Crossroads Whitesville Williamsville Wood Branch Woodland Heights Zoar Hundreds Baltimore Broad Creek Broadkill Cedar Creek Dagsboro Georgetown Gumboro Indian River Lewes & Rehoboth Little Creek Nanticoke Northwest Fork Seaford Ghost towns Owens Station Saint Johnstown Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties