Henlopen Acres, Delaware

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Henlopen Acres, Delaware
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Entrance to Henlopen Acres along Dodd's Lane
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Location of Henlopen Acres in Sussex County, Delaware.
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Henlopen Acres
Henlopen Acres (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°43′47″N75°05′11″W / 38.72972°N 75.08639°W / 38.72972; -75.08639
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Delaware.svg  Delaware
County Flag of Sussex County, Delaware.gif Sussex
Area
[1]
 • Total0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)
 • Land0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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3 ft (0.9 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total139
 • Density545.10/sq mi (210.20/km2)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code 302
FIPS code 10-33900
GNIS feature ID214078 [2]
Website henlopenacres.delaware.gov

Henlopen Acres is a municipality north of Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, and is the third smallest incorporated town in Delaware. According to 2010 census figures, the population of the town is 122, a 12.2% decrease from the 2000 census. [3] It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Geography

Henlopen Acres is located at 38°43′47″N75°05′11″W / 38.72972°N 75.08639°W / 38.72972; -75.08639 (38.7298343, –75.0862919). [4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km2), all land. It is the smallest incorporated town in Delaware. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, Rehoboth Beach to the southeast, and unincorporated portions of Sussex County on the west and north. Much of its western border is demarcated by the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. An unincorporated neighborhood called North Shores separates the northernmost part of Henlopen Acres from the southern boundary of Cape Henlopen State Park. [5]

Henlopen Acres is divided into 216 parcels of land, on which are 205 homes, the town hall and maintenance area, the town's marina, the Henlopen Acres Beach Club, Block W Beach, and the Rehoboth Art League. The town has 3.6 miles (5.8 kilometers) of roads, which generally are tree-lined. [6]

Government

The municipal government of Henlopen Acres consists of seven elected officials who serve on the town's council, one of whom serves as mayor. The town employs eleven workers who manage the town office, operate the marina, maintain streets and easements, and provide security. [6]

Henlopen Acres has no police department, but town-owned private security began in 1996. Henlopen Acres shares the services and expense of this security service with the unincorporated neighborhood of North Shores to its north. The security service, which patrols all of Henlopen Acres and North Shores, [6] operates two vehicles.

The Rehoboth Beach Fire Department serves Henlopen Acres. [6]

Henlopen Acres' municipal government generally maintains amicable relations with the government of Rehoboth Beach, follows Sussex County's lead on how to react to emergencies such as major storms and whether or not to evacuate in the face of them. Within Henlopen Acres governmental affairs generally have run smoothly. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1980 176—
1990 107−39.2%
2000 13929.9%
2010 122−12.2%
2020 13913.9%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

As of the census [8] of 2000, there were 139 people, 69 households, and 42 families residing in the town. The population density was 544.2 inhabitants per square mile (210.1/km2). There were 198 housing units at an average density of 775.2 per square mile (299.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.40% White, 2.88% African American, and 0.72% Pacific Islander.

There were 69 households, out of which 11.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 1.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.01 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 11.5% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 10.8% from 25 to 44, 32.4% from 45 to 64, and 43.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 62 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $122,423, and the median income for a family was $162,681. Males had a median income of $0 versus $31,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $82,091. 3.5% of the population is below the poverty line. Out of the total population, none of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Henlopen Acres and Greenville (where the DuPont estate is located) are the two richest places in Delaware, all but tied for highest personal incomes, averaging over $80,000 per annum.

Only about one-third of the homes in Henlopen Acres are lived in year-round; the rest are vacation homes or rental properties. In 2000, the least expensive home was valued at $325,000 for real estate tax purposes and the value of all the land in Henlopen Acres was estimated at over $100 million. [6]

History

The name "Henlopen" probably is derived from that of Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen (1572–1637), a merchant in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Evidence of Native American activity prior to the arrival of Europeans has been found in Henlopen Acres. [9] After the arrival of the first European settlers, organized by the Dutch merchant Samuel Blommaert (1583–1651 or 1654), the area became farmland.

In 1930, a 156- acre (63  ha ) parcel of this farmland was deeded to Colonel Wilbur S. Corkran (1888–1962) for $100,000. [9] Corkran developed the parcel during the 1930s as a "residential development where quiet-loving, cultured people may live in a country seaside community amid conditions which make for health, comfort and refined pleasure." [10] Corkran's development was incorporated in 1970 as the town of Henlopen Acres. [10]

Education

Henlopen Acres is in the Cape Henlopen School District. [11]

It is zoned to Rehoboth Elementary School. [12]

Cape Henlopen High School is the sole comprehensive high school of the district.

Transportation

Pine Reach, one of several streets in Henlopen Acres 2022-07-15 10 36 14 View southwest along Pine Reach at Dodd's Lane in Henlopen Acres, Sussex County, Delaware.jpg
Pine Reach, one of several streets in Henlopen Acres

Roads are the main method of transport into and out of Henlopen Acres. However, no state highways serve the town, with only minor roads linking Henlopen Acres to surrounding areas. The closest state highway is Delaware Route 1A in neighboring Rehoboth Beach.

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Henlopen Acres, Delaware
  3. ↑ "The Delaware Census State Data Center". Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ ADC Sussex County Street Map Book, p. 23
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Meehan, p. 229
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  9. 1 2 Meehan, pp. 229, 231.
  10. 1 2 "Henlopen Acres Delaware -- Sussex County Online, Delaware". Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  11. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  12. ↑ Elementary school zoning: "Boundary Descriptions". Cape Henlopen School District . Retrieved June 15, 2021. and "ES_Feeder_Patterns_21-22.pdf" (PDF). Cape Henlopen School District . Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  13. 1 2 Flood, Chris (May 24, 2019). "Two presidential candidates have homes in Rehoboth". Cape Gazette. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

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