Harbeson, Delaware

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Harbeson is an unincorporated community in east central Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 9/Delaware Route 404 and Delaware Route 5, east of the town of Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 24. Its elevation is 36 feet (11 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 19951.{{Cite web |url=http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=19951 |title=Zip Code Lookup |access-date=2008-03-03 |archive-date=2011-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517022704/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=19951 |url-status=dead }}

Harbeson is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Harbeson was named for Harbeson Hickman, a large landowner.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n148 149]}}

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