Old Furnace Wildlife Area

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Old Furnace Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in Sussex County, Delaware, just to the east of the town of Seaford, Delaware. It is made up of four land tracts totalling 2,237 acres (905 ha), it is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife. [1]

Sussex County, Delaware County in the United States

Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the population was 197,145. The county seat is Georgetown.

Delaware State of the United States of America

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the South-Atlantic or Southern region. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, north by Pennsylvania, and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.

Seaford, Delaware City in Delaware, United States

Seaford is a city located along the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware. According to the 2010 Census Bureau figures, the population of the city is 6,928, an increase of 3.4% from the 2000 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Coordinates: 38°39′N75°28′W / 38.650°N 75.467°W / 38.650; -75.467

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