Lincoln, Delaware

Lincoln (originally Lincoln City[1][2]) is a small unincorporated community in northern Sussex County, Delaware, United States.[3] It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The planner that originally laid out the town planned for it to become the county seat. Lincoln lies on U.S. Route 113 between Ellendale and Milford. The town was never incorporated, but streets were laid out and several businesses and residences came, surrounding the current Delmarva Central Railroad line. Lincoln was formerly the headquarters of the Delaware Coast Line Railroad.

Lincoln, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Lincoln City Fire Station
Lincoln
Location within the state of Delaware
Lincoln
Lincoln (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°52′11″N 75°25′23″W
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19960
Area code(s)302
GNIS feature ID214221[1]

Recently there has been a push to incorporate Lincoln, primarily for two reasons. First, the city of Milford is quickly growing towards Lincoln and could eventually envelope the town. Secondly, the Delaware Department of Transportation is developing a Milford By-Pass for US 113 that could divide the small community of Lincoln, effectively cutting off neighbors from each other, as well as causing the removal of several homes and businesses and at least one of the two schools in Lincoln.

History

Early mention of the area include the Library of Congress which has record of a newspaper, The Lincoln Herald, published in the community beginning in October 1865 and the paper was later mentioned in The New York Times in the March 2, 1866 issue.[4] The Evening Telegraph makes mention of a fundraising effort in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to erect a church in Lincoln in the May 29, 1869 issue.[5] By April 1888, the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad had updated their railroad station to "Lincoln City".

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln
  2. "Search the 1940 Census". 1940census.archives.gov.
  3. MyTopo Maps - Lincoln, DE, United States (Map). Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 17 Nov 2017.
  4. "News of the Day". The News York Times(New York, New York). March 2, 1866.
  5. "City Religious Matters". The Evening Telegraph(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). May 29, 1869.

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