Bacons
Bacons is an unincorporated community located four miles north of the Maryland state line in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Also known as Bacon Switch, the site was once a thriving railroad switch point in the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware
- Also known as: “Bacon”, “Bacon Station”, “Bacons, DE”, and “Bacons, Delaware”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laurel and Lowe.
Laurel
Photo: Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3,865 at the time of the 2020 census. Laurel is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lowe
Hamlet
Lowe is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Lowe is southeast of Laurel. Lowe is situated 3½ miles east of Bacons.
Delmar
Town
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Delmar is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Maryland border along the Transpeninsular Line. Its motto is "The Little Town Too Big for One State." The population was 1,597 at the 2010 census, an increase of 13.5% over the previous decade. Delmar is situated 3½ miles south of Bacons.
Bacons
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.50845° or 38° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-75.56965° or 75° 34′ 11″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87C6GC5J+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 158280694OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Bacons” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “貝康斯”
- French: “Bacons”
- Irish: “Bacons”
- Persian: “بیکنز، دلاویر”
- Persian: “بیکنز”
- South Azerbaijani: “باکونز، دلاویر”
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