Port Penn, Delaware

Census-designated place in United States

Census-designated place in Delaware, United States

39°31′00″N 75°34′36″W / 39.51667°N 75.57667°W / 39.51667; -75.57667CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleArea

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• Total0.46 sq mi (1.20 km²) • Land0.40 sq mi (1.05 km²) • Water0.06 sq mi (0.15 km²)Elevation

7 ft (2 m)Population

(2020)

• Total162 • Density400.99/sq mi (154.63/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

19731

Area code302FIPS code10-58600GNIS feature ID214477^[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

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Port Penn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2021.