Port Penn, Delaware

Port Penn, Delaware
Census-designated place
Port Penn Interpretive Center
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Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 75°34′36″W
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Area [1]
• Total	0.46 sq mi (1.20 km^2)
• Land	0.40 sq mi (1.05 km^2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km^2)
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	162
• Density	400.99/sq mi (154.63/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	19731
Area code	302
FIPS code	10-58600
GNIS feature ID	214477[2]

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.[3] Its population is estimated at 252.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	162		—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Education

Port Penn is in the Colonial School District.[5] It operates William Penn High School.

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
2. "Port Penn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "Port Penn, Delaware DE, profile (New Castle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links

• Port Penn Area Historical Society