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Lewes

Lewes is a city in . Lewes is located along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County near the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Town with 3,120 residents
  • Description: city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Fort Oplandt”, “Hoornkill”, “Lewes Creek”, “Lewes Town”, “Lewes, DE”, “Lewes, Delaware”, “Lewestown”, “Lewis”, “Lewis Town”, “Lewistown”, “Swanendael”, “Swanendale”, “Swansdak”, “Swansdale”, “Whoore Kill”, and “Zwaanendael”
  • Postal code: 19958

Places of Interest

Highlights include United States lightship Overfalls and Zwaanendael Museum.

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lightship Overfalls was the last lightvessel constructed for the United States Lighthouse Service before the Service became part of the United States Coast Guard. She is currently preserved in Lewes, Delaware as a museum ship.

Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
In Lewes, Delaware the was created to honor the 300th anniversary of 's first European settlement, Zwaanendael, founded 1631.

Hospital
is a healthcare system serving in southern in the . Its primary facility is Beebe Medical Center, a in Lewes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quakertown and Wescoats Corner.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on U.S. Route 9 Business, southwest of Lewes.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 Business and Road, southwest of Lewes.

Locality
, is a two miles south of Lewes and four miles northwest of Rehoboth Beach in , at. The village is located on Delaware Route 1, and is named for two prosperous dairy farmers. is situated 2 miles south of Lewes.

Lewes

Latitude
38.7734° or 38° 46′ 24″ north
Longitude
-75.138° or 75° 8′ 17″ west
Population
3,120
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US LWP
Open location code
87C6QVF6+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158519197
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4143354
Wiki­data ID
Q756103
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lewes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لويس”
  • Basque: “Lewes”
  • Cebuano: “Lewes”
  • Chechen: “Льюис”
  • Chinese: “Lewes”
  • Chinese: “刘易斯”
  • Chinese: “劉易斯”
  • Chinese: “路易斯”
  • Croatian: “Lewes (Delaver)”
  • Croatian: “Lewes”
  • Czech: “Lewes”
  • Danish: “Lewes”
  • Dutch: “Lewes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لويس”
  • Finnish: “Lewes”
  • French: “Lewes”
  • German: “Lewes”
  • Gilaki: “لۊئيس”
  • Haitian: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Haitian: “Lewes”
  • Hebrew: “לואיס (עיר בדלאוור)”
  • Hungarian: “Lewes”
  • Ido: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Ido: “Lewes”
  • Irish: “Lewes”
  • Italian: “Lewes”
  • Japanese: “ルイス”
  • Ladin: “Lewes”
  • Mazanderani: “لوز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lewes”
  • Newari: “लीवीज, डेलावेर”
  • Newari: “लीवीज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewes”
  • Norwegian: “Lewes”
  • Persian: “لوز، دلاور”
  • Persian: “لوز”
  • Polish: “Lewes”
  • Portuguese: “Lewes”
  • Russian: “Льюис”
  • Scots: “Lewes”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lewes”
  • Serbian: “Lewes”
  • Serbian: “Luis”
  • Serbian: “Луис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lewes, Delaver”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lewes”
  • Slovak: “Lewes”
  • Slovenian: “Lewes”
  • Spanish: “Lewes”
  • Swedish: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Swedish: “Lewes”
  • Talysh: “Ljuis”
  • Tatar: “Льюис (Делавер)”
  • Tatar: “Льюис”
  • Turkish: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Turkish: “Lewes”
  • Ukrainian: “Льюїс”
  • Urdu: “لیوئس، ڈیلاویئر”
  • Urdu: “لیوئس”
  • Uzbek: “Lewes”
  • Uzbek: “Леwес”
  • Volapük: “Lewes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lewes”
  • Welsh: “Lewes, Delaware”
  • Welsh: “Lewes”
  • “Lewes”

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