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Place Name
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Sussex County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Georgetown
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Population
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113,229 (1990)
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Location
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Delaware, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°40'N
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Longitude
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75°20'W
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Sussex
, county (
1,195 sq mi/3,095 sq km; 1990
pop. 113,229), S Del.;  Georgetown; 38°40'N 75°20'W. Bounded
S and W by Md. state line, N in part by Mispillion R., NE by Delaware
Bay (N.J. state line), and E by the Atlantic Ocean; drained by
Broadkill, Indian, Pocomoke, and Nanticoke rivers. Agr. area (fruit,
grain; livestock; dairying); mfg. at Georgetown and Milford. Resorts on
coast. Largest of Delaware's 3 cos. Cape Henlopen State Park in NE;
Holts Landing, Delaware (DE) Seashore, and Fenwick Isl. state parks in SE;
Trap Pond State Park in S; Robert L. Graham Wildlife Area in SW;
Assawoman Wildlife Area in SE; Prime Hook Natl. Wildlife Refuge in NE;
Ellendale and Redden state forests in N center; Cypress Swamp in S, on
Md. border. Formed 1683.
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