Canterbury, Delaware

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Canterbury, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°2′33″N75°33′20″W / 39.04250°N 75.55556°W / 39.04250; -75.55556 Coordinates: 39°2′33″N75°33′20″W / 39.04250°N 75.55556°W / 39.04250; -75.55556
Country United States
State Delaware
County Kent
Elevation
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52 ft (16 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID216055 [1]

Canterbury is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Canterbury is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 15 south of Woodside, north of Felton, and east of Viola. [2]

History

The community was named for the city of Canterbury in England. Canterbury was an important horse changeover along the north–south stagecoach line on the Delmarva Peninsula. [3]

Canterbury's population was 160 in 1890, [4] 162 in 1900, [5] and just 23 in 1960. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canterbury, Delaware
  2. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  4. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  5. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  6. ↑ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.


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