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Delaware County

Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of . With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area.
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is a city in the U.S. state of . is a suburb of the city of . The current population estimate is 30,409. The city is predominantly made up of African Americans, making up 79% of the population.

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is a borough in and the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located about 13 miles west of . It is part of the Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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is a census-designated place located in , United States. It is located just west of along Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 30.

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is a region of Delaware County in Southeastern . It is a western suburb of Philadelphia. About 50,000 people live in . It was founded by the Welsh Quakers in 1681 and purchased by William Penn.

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is a borough of 10,700 people in . It has many lovely, big old houses several historic buildings, and a sycamore tree that has been growing since the 1760s.

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is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. was originally named Westdale in honor of painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town.

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is a small, historic borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its area is 0.73 square miles of land around the former textile mill.

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Township, often shortened to , is a home rule township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 85,681, making it the state's sixth-most populated municipality after , , , , and .

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, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, , United States. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, down from 4,353 at the 2000 census.

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is an unincorporated community centered in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the Main Line, a series of highly affluent Philadelphia suburbs located along the railroad tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and one of the wealthiest areas in the nation.

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is a township of 3,700 people on the western outskirts of in Delaware County, . The community was named after John Chadds, who began operating a ferry there in 1737.

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is census-designated place in , United States. A suburb of , the community straddles the border of Lower Merion Township in and in Delaware County.

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is an unincorporated community in Concord township and Middletown township, Delaware County, , in the .

Delaware County

Latitude of center
39.9194° or 39° 55′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
-75.4002° or 75° 24′ 1″ west
Population
559,000
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316987661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5186677
Wiki­data ID
Q27844
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Delaware County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Delaware County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ديلاوير”
  • Armenian: “Դելավեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Delaware”
  • Basque: “Delaware konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Delaware County, Pennsylvania”
  • Bavarian: “Delaware County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Дэлавэр”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডেলাওয়্যার কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডেলাওয়্যার কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Делауеър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Delaware”
  • Cebuano: “Delaware County”
  • Chechen: “Делавэр”
  • Chinese: “Delaware Kūn”
  • Chinese: “特拉华县”
  • Chinese: “特拉華縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Delaware, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Delaware”
  • Danish: “Delaware County”
  • Dutch: “Delaware County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Delavaro”
  • Finnish: “Delawaren piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Delaware”
  • French: “Comté de Delaware”
  • Georgian: “დელავერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Delaware County”
  • Gilaki: “دلاوئر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Gilaki: “دلاویر ٚ شأرستان (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Ντέλαγουερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ντέλαγουερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דלאוור”
  • Hungarian: “Delaware megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Delaware, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Contae Delaware”
  • Italian: “contea di Delaware”
  • Italian: “Contea di Delaware”
  • Japanese: “デラウェア・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “デラウェア郡”
  • Korean: “델라웨어군”
  • Latin: “Delaware Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Delaware County”
  • Mazanderani: “دلاویر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Delaware Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Delaware Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Delaware County PA”
  • Northern Frisian: “Delaware County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware County i Pennsylvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware County”
  • Norwegian: “Delaware County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colonia de Delaware”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دلاویر، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دلاویر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Delaware”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Delaware”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Delaware, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Delaware”
  • Russian: “Делавэр”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Delaware”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Delaware County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Делавер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Delaware County, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Delaware County”
  • Slovenian: “Delaware County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Delaware”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Delaware (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Delaware”
  • Swedish: “Delaware County, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Delaware County”
  • Tatar: “Делавэр (округ, Пенсильвания)”
  • Tatar: “Делавэр”
  • Tumbuka: “Delaware County”
  • Turkish: “Delaware County, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Delaware County, PA”
  • Turkish: “Delaware County, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Delaware County”
  • Turkish: “Delaware ilçesi, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Delaware ilçesi, PA”
  • Turkish: “Delaware ilçesi, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Delaware ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Делавер”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلاویئر کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلاویئر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Delaware”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Delaware, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Delaware”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Delaware, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Delaware”
  • Welsh: “Delaware County, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Delaware County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیلاویئر کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیلاویئر کاؤنٹی”

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