List of municipalities in Delaware

Map of the United States with Delaware highlighted

Delaware is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2016 United States Census estimate, Delaware is the 6th least populous state with 989,948 inhabitants and the 2nd smallest by land area spanning 1,948.54 square miles (5,046.7 km2) of land.[1] Delaware is divided into three counties and contains 57 incorporated places consisting of cities, towns, and villages.[2][3] Of these, there are 10 cities, 3 villages, and 44 towns.

As of 2020, the largest municipality by population in Delaware is Wilmington with 70,898 residents, while the largest by area is Dover which spans 23.668 sq mi (61.30 km2). The smallest municipality by both measurements is Hartly with 73 residents in an area of 0.057 sq mi (0.15 km2).

## List of municipalities

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* Largest incorporated places in Delaware by population
* Skyline of Wilmington, the largest city in Delaware

* Downtown Dover, capital and second largest municipality of Delaware

* Downtown Newark, Delaware's third largest municipality

* Downtown Middletown, fourth largest municipality in Delaware

* Downtown Smyrna, Delaware's fifth largest municipality

* Downtown Milford, sixth largest municipality in Delaware

* Downtown Seaford, Delaware's seventh largest municipality

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Name  | Type  | County(ies)[2] | Population

(2020)[4]

| Population

(2010)

| Change  | Land area

(2020)[5]

| Population density  | Incorporated[6]

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sq mi  | km2
Arden | Village  | New Castle | 430  | 439  | −2.1% | 0.249  | 0.64  | 1,726.9/sq mi (666.8/km2)  | December 22, 1965
Ardencroft | Village  | New Castle | 226  | 231  | −2.2% | 0.089  | 0.23  | 2,539.3/sq mi (980.4/km2)  | July 7, 1976
Ardentown | Village  | New Castle | 255  | 264  | −3.4% | 0.234  | 0.61  | 1,089.7/sq mi (420.8/km2)  | June 30, 1975
Bellefonte | Town  | New Castle | 1,225  | 1,193  | +2.7% | 0.177  | 0.46  | 6,920.9/sq mi (2,672.2/km2)  | March 9, 1915
Bethany Beach | Town  | Sussex | 954  | 1,060  | −10.0% | 1.148  | 2.97  | 831.0/sq mi (320.9/km2)  | March 29, 1909
Bethel | Town  | Sussex | 239  | 171  | +39.8% | 0.440  | 1.14  | 543.2/sq mi (209.7/km2)  | April 4, 1907
Blades | Town  | Sussex | 1,179  | 1,241  | −5.0% | 0.556  | 1.44  | 2,120.5/sq mi (818.7/km2)  | March 10, 1915
Bowers | Town  | Kent | 278  | 335  | −17.0% | 0.311  | 0.81  | 893.9/sq mi (345.1/km2)  | March 9, 1907
Bridgeville | Town  | Sussex | 2,568  | 2,048  | +25.4% | 4.821  | 12.49  | 532.7/sq mi (205.7/km2)  | March 29, 1871
Camden | Town  | Kent | 3,715  | 3,464  | +7.2% | 3.746  | 9.70  | 991.7/sq mi (382.9/km2)  | 1852
Cheswold | Town  | Kent | 1,923  | 1,380  | +39.3% | 1.838  | 4.76  | 1,046.2/sq mi (404.0/km2)  | 1856
Clayton | Town  | Kent
New Castle | 3,961  | 2,918  | +35.7% | 1.948  | 5.05  | 2,033.4/sq mi (785.1/km2)  | 1887
Dagsboro | Town  | Sussex | 870  | 805  | +8.1% | 1.438  | 3.72  | 605.0/sq mi (233.6/km2)  | February 9, 1899
Delaware City | City  | New Castle | 1,885  | 1,695  | +11.2% | 1.861  | 4.82  | 1,012.9/sq mi (391.1/km2)  | 1851
Delmar | Town  | Sussex | 2,027  | 1,597  | +26.9% | 1.901  | 4.92  | 1,066.3/sq mi (411.7/km2)  | March 9, 1899
Dewey Beach | Town  | Sussex | 353  | 341  | +3.5% | 0.331  | 0.86  | 1,066.5/sq mi (411.8/km2)  | June 29, 1981
Dover‡  | City  | Kent | 39,403  | 36,047  | +9.3% | 23.668  | 61.30  | 1,664.8/sq mi (642.8/km2)  | 1829
Ellendale | Town  | Sussex | 487  | 381  | +27.8% | 0.425  | 1.10  | 1,145.9/sq mi (442.4/km2)  | March 30, 1905
Elsmere | Town  | New Castle | 6,229  | 6,131  | +1.6% | 0.987  | 2.56  | 6,311.0/sq mi (2,436.7/km2)  | March 9, 1909
Farmington | Town  | Kent | 92  | 110  | −16.4% | 0.073  | 0.19  | 1,260.3/sq mi (486.6/km2)  | March 15, 1909
Felton | Town  | Kent | 1,316  | 1,298  | +1.4% | 0.782  | 2.03  | 1,682.9/sq mi (649.8/km2)  | February 21, 1861
Fenwick Island | Town  | Sussex | 343  | 379  | −9.5% | 0.331  | 0.86  | 1,036.3/sq mi (400.1/km2)  | July 8, 1953
Frankford | Town  | Sussex | 790  | 847  | −6.7% | 0.729  | 1.89  | 1,083.7/sq mi (418.4/km2)  | 1883
Frederica | Town  | Kent | 1,073  | 774  | +38.6% | 1.741  | 4.51  | 616.3/sq mi (238.0/km2)  | 1826
Georgetown†  | Town  | Sussex | 7,134  | 6,422  | +11.1% | 5.022  | 13.01  | 1,420.5/sq mi (548.5/km2)  | March 2, 1869
Greenwood | Town  | Sussex | 990  | 973  | +1.7% | 0.794  | 2.06  | 1,246.9/sq mi (481.4/km2)  | March 9, 1901
Harrington | City  | Kent | 3,774  | 3,562  | +6.0% | 2.724  | 7.06  | 1,385.5/sq mi (534.9/km2)  | March 23, 1869
Hartly | Town  | Kent | 73  | 74  | −1.4% | 0.057  | 0.15  | 1,280.7/sq mi (494.5/km2)  | March 23, 1869
Henlopen Acres | Town  | Sussex | 139  | 122  | +13.9% | 0.255  | 0.66  | 545.1/sq mi (210.5/km2)  | June 4, 1970
Houston | Town  | Kent | 381  | 374  | +1.9% | 0.383  | 0.99  | 994.8/sq mi (384.1/km2)  | March 26, 1913
Kenton | Town  | Kent | 215  | 261  | −17.6% | 0.176  | 0.46  | 1,221.6/sq mi (471.7/km2)  | 1887
Laurel | Town  | Sussex | 3,865  | 3,708  | +4.2% | 2.766  | 7.16  | 1,397.3/sq mi (539.5/km2)  | April 13, 1883
Leipsic | Town  | Kent | 178  | 183  | −2.7% | 0.297  | 0.77  | 599.3/sq mi (231.4/km2)  | February 26, 1852
Lewes | City  | Sussex | 3,303  | 2,747  | +20.2% | 4.192  | 10.86  | 787.9/sq mi (304.2/km2)  | February 2, 1818
Little Creek | Town  | Kent | 195  | 224  | −12.9% | 0.099  | 0.26  | 1,969.7/sq mi (760.5/km2)  | 1899
Magnolia | Town  | Kent | 277  | 225  | +23.1% | 0.196  | 0.51  | 1,413.3/sq mi (545.7/km2)  | April 3, 1885
Middletown | Town  | New Castle | 23,192  | 18,871  | +22.9% | 12.496  | 32.36  | 1,856.0/sq mi (716.6/km2)  | February 12, 1861
Milford | City  | Sussex
Kent | 11,190  | 9,559  | +17.1% | 9.853  | 25.52  | 1,135.7/sq mi (438.5/km2)  | February 5, 1807
Millsboro | Town  | Sussex | 6,863  | 3,877  | +77.0% | 5.110  | 13.23  | 1,343.1/sq mi (518.6/km2)  | March 9, 1893
Millville | Town  | Sussex | 1,825  | 544  | +235.5% | 2.552  | 6.61  | 715.1/sq mi (276.1/km2)  | April 11, 1907
Milton | Town  | Sussex | 3,291  | 2,576  | +27.8% | 1.786  | 4.63  | 1,842.7/sq mi (711.5/km2)  | March 17, 1865
New Castle | City  | New Castle | 5,551  | 5,285  | +5.0% | 3.478  | 9.01  | 1,596.0/sq mi (616.2/km2)  | February 25, 1875
Newark | City  | New Castle | 30,601  | 31,454  | −2.7% | 9.427  | 24.42  | 3,246.1/sq mi (1,253.3/km2)  | 1758
Newport | Town  | New Castle | 910  | 1,055  | −13.7% | 0.466  | 1.21  | 1,952.8/sq mi (754.0/km2)  | April 17, 1873
Ocean View | Town  | Sussex | 2,636  | 1,882  | +40.1% | 2.773  | 7.18  | 950.6/sq mi (367.0/km2)  | April 13, 1889
Odessa | Town  | New Castle | 366  | 364  | +0.5% | 0.507  | 1.31  | 721.9/sq mi (278.7/km2)  | April 4, 1873
Rehoboth Beach | City  | Sussex | 1,108  | 1,327  | −16.5% | 1.175  | 3.04  | 943.0/sq mi (364.1/km2)  | March 19, 1891
Seaford | City  | Sussex | 7,957  | 6,928  | +14.9% | 5.092  | 13.19  | 1,562.6/sq mi (603.3/km2)  | April 6, 1865
Selbyville | Town  | Sussex | 2,878  | 2,167  | +32.8% | 3.582  | 9.28  | 803.5/sq mi (310.2/km2)  | March 16, 1901
Slaughter Beach | Town  | Sussex | 218  | 207  | +5.3% | 1.419  | 3.68  | 153.6/sq mi (59.3/km2)  | 1931
Smyrna | Town  | Kent
New Castle | 12,883  | 10,023  | +28.5% | 6.237  | 16.15  | 2,065.6/sq mi (797.5/km2)  | 1859
South Bethany | Town  | Sussex | 451  | 449  | +0.4% | 0.503  | 1.30  | 896.6/sq mi (346.2/km2)  | June 18, 1969
Townsend | Town  | New Castle | 2,717  | 2,049  | +32.6% | 1.036  | 2.68  | 2,622.6/sq mi (1,012.6/km2)  | April 3, 1885
Viola | Town  | Kent | 140  | 157  | −10.8% | 0.177  | 0.46  | 791.0/sq mi (305.4/km2)  | 1913
Wilmington†  | City  | New Castle | 70,898  | 70,851  | +0.1% | 10.895  | 28.22  | 6,507.4/sq mi (2,512.5/km2)  | 1739
Woodside | Town  | Kent | 190  | 181  | +5.0% | 0.168  | 0.44  | 1,131.0/sq mi (436.7/km2)  | April 4, 1911
Wyoming | Town  | Kent | 1,680  | 1,313  | +28.0% | 1.047  | 2.71  | 1,604.6/sq mi (619.5/km2)  | March 20, 1869
Total municipalities | -- | -- | 279,890 | 255,143 | +9.7% | '146.564 | 379.60 | 1,909.7/sq mi (737.3/km2) | --
Delaware | -- | -- | 989,948 | 897,934 | +10.2% | 1,948.0 | 5,045 | 508.2/sq mi (196.2/km2) | --

## References

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1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
2. ^ a b "Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
3. ^ "Incorporated Municipalities". Guides to Services - State of Delaware. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
4. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
5. ^ "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
6. ^ "Town and City Histories". Delaware Public Archives - State of Delaware. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

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