Downs Chapel, Delaware

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Downs Chapel, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Downs Chapel
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Downs Chapel
Coordinates: 39°12′43″N75°43′10″W / 39.21194°N 75.71944°W / 39.21194; -75.71944 Coordinates: 39°12′43″N75°43′10″W / 39.21194°N 75.71944°W / 39.21194; -75.71944
Country United States
State Delaware
County Kent
Elevation
66 ft (20 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID213899 [1]

Downs Chapel is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. [2] Downs Chapel is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 300 and Downs Chapel Road west of Kenton. [3]

History

Downs Chapel's population was 30 in 1890, [4] 34 in 1900, [5] and 20 in 1960. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Downs Chapel". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  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. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.


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