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Downs Chapel, Delaware

Coordinates: 39°12′43″N 75°43′10″W / 39.21194°N 75.71944°W / 39.21194; -75.71944
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Downs Chapel, Delaware
Downs Chapel is located in Delaware
Downs Chapel
Downs Chapel
Downs Chapel is located in the United States
Downs Chapel
Downs Chapel
Coordinates: 39°12′43″N 75°43′10″W / 39.21194°N 75.71944°W / 39.21194; -75.71944
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Elevation
66 ft (20 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID213899[1]

Downs Chapel is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States.[2] Downs Chapel is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 300 and Downs Chapel Road, west of Kenton.[3]

History

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Downs Chapel's population was 30 in 1890,[4] 34 in 1900,[5] and 20 in 1960.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Downs Chapel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  4. ^ Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  5. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  6. ^ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.