Port Penn, Delaware
{{Short description|Census-designated place in United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Port Penn, Delaware
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|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|image_skyline = Port Penn Schoolhouse DE.JPG
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|image_caption = Port Penn Interpretive Center
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Delaware
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|map_caption = Location within New Castle county
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Delaware
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = New Castle
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1.20
|area_land_km2 = 1.05
|area_water_km2 = 0.15
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 162
|population_density_km2 = 154.63
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_ft = 7
|coordinates = {{coord|39|31|00|N|75|34|36|W|type:city_region:US-DE_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 19731
|area_code = 302
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 10-58600
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 214477{{cite gnis|id=214477|name=Port Penn}}
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|population_est =
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.46
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.40
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.06
|population_density_sq_mi = 400.99
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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center.{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |title=Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk |access-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012047/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9072 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead }} Its population is estimated at 252.
{{US Census population
|2020= 162
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
}}
Education
Port Penn is in the Colonial School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-06-18}} It operates William Penn High School.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.portpenn.org Port Penn Area Historical Society]
{{New Castle County, Delaware}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware
Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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