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Kent County, Delaware Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 162,310. The county seat is Dover, the state capital. It is named for Kent, an English county.
to be laid out, and the courthouse was built in 1697. The town of Dover, named after the town of Dover in England’s Kent, was finally laid out in 1717, and became the capitol of Delaware in 1777. In 1787 Delaware was first to ratify the U.S. Constitution, and became “the First State.” Kent County was a small grain farming region in the 18th Century.
Kent County comprises the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Philadelphia-Reading- More recently, in the 1960s, Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Dover was the scene of Combined Statistical Area. the manufacturing of the spacesuits worn by NASA astronauts in the Apollo History moon flights by ILC Dover, In about 1670 the English now based in the small town began to settle in the of Frederica. The suits, valley of the St. Jones dubbed the “A7L,” was River earlier known as first flown on the Apollo 7 Wolf Creek. On June 21, mission in October 1967, 1680, The Duke of York and was the suit worn by chartered St. Jones County, Neil Armstrong and Buzz which was carved out of Aldrin on the Apollo 11 New Amstel/New Castle mission. The company still County and Hoarkill/ manufactures spacesuits to Sussex County. St. Jones this day—the present-day County was transferred to Space Shuttle “soft” suit William Penn on August components (the arms and 24, 1682, and became part legs of the suit). of Penn’s newly chartered Delaware Colony. Geography
Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 798 square miles (2,070 km2), of which 586 square miles (1,520 km2) is land and 212 square miles (550 km2) (26.6%) is water. Kent County, like all of Delaware’s counties, is subdivided into Hundreds. There are several explanations given for how the Hundreds were arrived at, either being an area containing 100 families, an area containing 100 people, or an area that could raise 100 militiamen. Kent County was originally apportioned into six Hundreds: Duck Creek, Little Creek, Dover, Murderkill, Milford and Mispillion. In 1867, the Delaware legislature split Murderkill Hundred into North Murderkill Hundred and South Murderkill Hundred. In 1869, the legislature formed Kenton Hundred from parts of Little Creek and Duck Creek Hundred. Today the county contains eight Hundreds.
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Adjacent counties New
Castle County, Delaware - north
Salem County, New Jersey - northeast • Cumberland County, New Jersey - east • Cape May County, New Jersey - east • Sussex County, Delaware - south • Caroline County, Maryland - southwest • Queen Anne’s County, Maryland - west • Kent County, Maryland - west •
and Escambia County, Florida, Pike County, Illinois and Pike County, Missouri, Teton County, Idaho and Teton County, Wyoming, Park County, Montana and Park County, Wyoming, San Juan County, New Mexico and San Juan County, Utah, and Vermilion County, Illinois and Vermillion County, Indiana. respectively. (Note, despite the different spellings, the source of the name is the same for Vermilion County, Illinois and Vermillion County, Indiana—the Vermillion River which flows through both counties.)
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Railroads
Norfolk Southern Railway operates two freight lines through Kent County. One runs north-south along the US 13 corridor Harrington, See also: List of counties through bordering eight or more Felton, Wyoming, Dover, and Clayton and the other counties branches from this line at National protected area Harrington and runs east to • Bombay Hook Houston and Milford along National Wildlife Refuge the DE 14 corridor. There is no passenger rail service in the county. Transportation
Kent County in Delaware and Kent County in Maryland are two of twentytwo counties or parishes in the United States with the same name to border each other across state lines. The others are Union Parish, Louisiana and Union County, Arkansas, Big Horn County, Montana and Big Horn County, Wyoming, Sabine County, Major highways Texas and Sabine Parish, following state Louisiana, Bristol County, The Massachusetts and Bristol highways are located in Kent County: County, Rhode Island, Escambia County, Alabama • US 13 World Views Guides
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Public transportation DART First State operates bus service within Kent County. There are several local bus routes that serve the Dover area. In
9 1960 65,651 73.4% addition, DART First 1970 81,892 24.7% State operates inter-county 1980 98,219 19.9% 1990 110,993 13.0% service to Wilmington 2000 126,697 14.1% 2010 162,310 28.1% and Georgetown along Est. 2013 169,416 4.4% with seasonal service to Rehoboth Beach. As of the census of 2000, there were 126,697 people, Airports 47,224 households, and Kent County contains the 33,623 families residing in following public-use and the county. The population density was 215 people military airports: per square mile (83/km²). • Chandelle Estates There were 50,481 housing Airport in Dover units at an average density • Dover Air Force Base of 86 per square mile (33/ in Dover km²). The racial makeup • Delaware Airpark in of the county was 73.49% Cheswold White, 20.66% Black or • Chorman Airport in African American, 0.64% Farmington Native American, 1.69% • Smyrna Airport in Asian, 0.04% Pacific Smyrna Islander, 1.27% from • Jenkins Airport in other races, and 2.22% Wyoming from two or more races. 3.21% of the population Demographics were Hispanic or Latino Historical population of any race. 13.3% were Census Pop. %± 1790 18,920 — of German, 11.3% United 1800 19,554 3.4% 1810 20,495 4.8% States or American, 10.9% 1820 20,793 1.5% Irish, 10.0% English and 1830 19,913 −4.2% 1840 19,872 −0.2% 5.4% Italian ancestry 1850 22,816 14.8% 1860 27,804 21.9% according to Census 2000. 1870 29,804 7.2% 92.5% spoke English and 1880 32,874 10.3% 1890 32,664 −0.6% 3.3% Spanish as their first 1900 32,762 0.3% 1910 32,721 −0.1% language. 1920 1930 1940 1950
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35.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.90% were married couples living together, 13.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.80% were nonfamilies. 23.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.06. In the county the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.60 males.
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$32,660 versus $24,706 • Woodside the court town for newly for females. The per capita • Wyoming established Kent County in income for the county was 1683 by William Penn, the $18,662. About 8.10% of Census-designated places proprietor of the territory families and 10.70% of • Dover Air Force Base generally known as the the population were below “Lower Counties on the • Highland Acres the poverty line, including Delaware.” Later, in 1717, • Kent Acres 14.80% of those under age • Rising Sun-Lebanon the city was officially laid 18 and 8.80% of those age out by a special commission • Riverview 65 or over. of the Delaware General • Rodney Village Assembly. The capital • Woodside East Communities of the state of Delaware was moved here from Other localities Cities Newcastle in 1777 because • Andrewville of its central location and Dover • Berrytown relative safety from British • Harrington • Little Heaven raiders on the Delaware • Milford (partly in • Marydel River. Because of an act Sussex County) Dover is the capital and passed in October 1779, second largest city in the the assembly elected Towns U.S. state of Delaware. to meet at any place in • Bowers It is also the county seat the state they saw fit, • Camden of Kent County, and the meeting successively • Cheswold principal city of the Dover, in Wilmington, Lewes, • Clayton (partly in Delaware Metropolitan Dover, New Castle, and New Castle County) Statistical Area, which Lewes again, until it finally • Farmington encompasses all of Kent settled down permanently • Felton County. It is located on in Dover in October 1781. • Frederica the St. Jones River in the The city’s central square, • Hartly Delaware River coastal known as The Green, was • Houston plain. It was named by the location of many rallies, • Kenton William Penn for Dover in troop reviews, and other • Leipsic Kent, England. As of 2010, patriotic events. To this • Little Creek the city had a population of day, The Green remains the • Magnolia 36,047. heart of Dover’s historic • Smyrna (partly in district and is the location History New Castle County) of the Delaware Supreme • Viola Dover was founded as World Views Guides | June 2014
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Court and the Kent County House, Building 1301, Courthouse. Dover Air Force Base, Dover was most famously John Bullen House, Carey the home of Caesar Rodney, Farm Site, Christ Church, the popular wartime leader Delaware State Museum of Delaware during the Buildings, John Dickinson Dover Green American Revolution. He House, is known to have been Historic District, Eden buried outside Dover, but Hill, Delaware Governor’s Greenwold, the precise location of Mansion, Site, his grave is unknown. A Hughes-Willis cenotaph in his honor is Loockerman Hall, Macomb Mifflin-Marim erected in the cemetery Farm, of the Christ Episcopal Agricultural Complex, Old Church near The Green in Statehouse, Palmer Home, Town Point, Tyn Head Dover. Court, and Victorian Dover Dover and Kent County Historic District are listed were deeply divided over on the National Register of the issue of slavery, and Historic Places. the city was a “stop” on the Underground Railroad Geography because of its proximity to slave-holding Maryland Dover is located at and free Pennsylvania 39°09′43″N 75°31′36″W and New Jersey. It was (39.161921, −75.526755). also home to a large According to the United Quaker community that States Census Bureau, the encouraged a sustained city has a total area of 22.7 emancipation effort in the square miles (59 km2), of early 19th century. There which 22.4 square miles were very few slaves in the (58 km2) is land and 0.3 area, but the institution was square miles (0.78 km2), or 1.32%, is water. supported, if not practiced, by a small majority, who Dover has a humid saw to its continuation. subtropical climate Cfa) with The Bradford-Loockerman (Köppen four distinct seasons. World Views Guides
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Winters are mild, with conditions moderated by the Delaware Bay and the partial shielding of the Appalachians, though there are normally 8−9 days where temperatures stay at or below freezing all day and 15 nights with lows below 20 °F (−7 °C). Snow is typically light and sporadic, averaging 15.7 inches (40 cm) per season, and does not usually remain on the ground for long. Spring and autumn provide transitions of reasonable length and are similar, though spring is more wet. Summers are hot and humid, with 23 days per year reaching or surpassing 90 °F (32 °C). The monthly mean temperature ranges from 35.2 °F (1.8 °C) in January to 77.7 °F (25.4 °C) in July. The annual total precipitation of around 46 inches (1,170 mm) is spread rather evenly yearround. Demographics Historical population Census Pop. %± 1890 3,061 — 1900 3,329 8.8% 1910 3,720 11.7%
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In 2010, Dover had a population of 36,047 people. The racial makeup of the city was 48.3% White, 42.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% from other races, and 4.1% from two or more races. 6.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 32,135 people, 12,340 households, and 7,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,435.0 people per square mile (554.1/ km²). There were 13,195 housing units at an average density of 589.2 per square mile (227.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 54.94% White, 37.22% African American, 0.45% Native American, 3.16% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.57% from other races, and 2.62% from two or more races. 4.13% of the population were Hispanic
or Latino of any race. There were 12,340 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.98. In the city of Dover the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 15.7% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.
median income for a family was $48,338. Males had a median income of $34,824 versus $26,061 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,445. About 11.5% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over. Government Dover is governed via the manager-council system with an elected mayor, currently Robin R. Christiansen since 2014. The council consists of nine members, eight of whom are elected from districts with each district having two members. One member of the council is elected at large.
There have been three full-time Mayors of Dover to date: James “Hutch” Hutchison from 1994 to 2004; Stephen Speed from 2004 to 2007; Carleton The median income for Carey from 2007 to 2014; a household in the city Robin R. Christiansen presently . was $38,669, and the The mayor is elected World Views Guides | June 2014
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directly by the city voters for a two-year term. Municipal elections are held every year, with half the city council members up for re-election each year.
Wilmington, in the northern part of the state and its largest city, has many state offices and employees one would normally expect to find in the state capital, including the headquarters of the Office of the Attorney General, especially as many large American corporations maintain nominal offices in that city to register their Delaware corporation.
Federally, Dover is part of Delaware’s At-large congressional district, represented by Democrat John C. Carney, Jr., elected in 2010 and a former lieutenant governor of Delaware. Dover is one of the fastThe state’s senior member growing areas in the of the United States Senate state of Delaware, due in is Democrat Tom Carper, large part to the relatively elected in 2000. The low cost of living. As a state’s junior member of consequence, the Kent the United States Senate County government is a is Democrat Chris Coons. major employer in the area The governor of Delaware as well. Apart from the state is Democrat Jack Markell, and county governments, Dover’s significant elected in 2008. employers include Dover Air Force Base, located Economy within the southeast Delaware’s largest corporate limits of the city. employer is also Dover’s The base houses two airlift – the state government. A wings as well as the U.S. large portion, but not all, military’s only mortuary of the state’s bureaucracy in the continental United is located in and around States, which accepts and Dover. However, like some processes the remains of other American states, soldiers killed in battle. In Delaware’s capital is not its addition, Kraft Foods and largest city. Consequently, World Views Guides
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Procter & Gamble have manufacturing facilities in Dover. ILC Dover, in nearby Frederica, is the producer of fabrics for military and aerospace uses, along with being the primary contractor for production of the Apollo and Skylab spacesuits, as well as the spacesuit assembly for the Space Shuttle’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Two weekends a year, NASCAR races are held at Dover International Speedway, attracting close to 100,000 spectators and visitors and temporarily making Dover the state’s largest city. These races, and in recent years adjacent slot machine gambling at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, contribute millions of dollars to Dover’s economy. Dover is the only state capital in the United States with a volunteer fire department. Transportation The main north–south highway through Dover is U.S. Route 13, which
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runs through the main commercial strip of Dover on the multi-lane, divided Dupont Highway. An alternate route of U.S. Route 13, U.S. Route 13 Alternate, passes through downtown Dover on Governors Avenue. The Delaware Route 1 turnpike, which provides the main route to Wilmington and the Delaware beaches, passes to the east of Dover. It ends near the Dover Air Force Base and DE 1 continues south on Bay Road. U.S. Route 113 formerly ran along Bay Road from Milford to US 13 near the State Capitol Complex, however it was decommissioned in 2004 to avoid the concurrency with DE 1 between the Dover Air Force Base and Milford. Delaware Route 8 is the main east–west route through Dover, passing through downtown on Division Street and West Dover on Forrest Avenue. It continues west toward Maryland to provide access to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Dover is one of only four state capitals World Views Guides
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not served by an Interstate highway. Pierre, South Dakota; Jefferson City, Missouri; and Juneau, Alaska are the other three state capitals with this distinction. Dover Air Force Base is located within the southeast corporate limits of Dover; however, the closest sizable civilian airport with commercial air service to Dover is the Wilmington-Philadelphia Regional Airport in New Castle. Other airports near Dover with commercial air service include the Wicomico Regional Airport in Salisbury, Maryland, the BaltimoreWashington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The closest passenger rail station is the Amtrak station in Wilmington. DART First State provides weekday local bus service throughout Dover, radiating from the Water Street Transfer Center in downtown. They also provide inter-county service to Wilmington and Georgetown and seasonal service to Rehoboth Beach. Greyhound Lines are provided as inter-city bus transportation. Education Dover is home to Delaware State University, a land-grant university and Delaware’s only historically black university, and Wesley College. It is also home to the Terry Campus of the Delaware Technical & Community College and that college’s administrative offices. Dover also has satellite locations of the University of Delaware and Wilmington University.
Dover is located on a former Pennsylvania Railroad line, which is now served by Norfolk Southern. At one time Dover had a daily Amtrak passenger service; Three public high schools however, the line now is serve Dover residents. just used for local freight.
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Caesar Rodney High School, in the Caesar Rodney School District (located just outside the city in Camden); Dover High School, in the Capital School District; and Polytech High School, in the Polytech School District (located in Woodside). The Dover Air Force Base Middle School is located on the premises of the Dover Air Force Base. This school is unusual in that it is run not by the Department of Defense, but by the Caesar Rodney School District. Culture The former Dover Opera House, built in 1904, was renovated and converted to the Schwartz Center for the Arts, which hosts performances by the Dover Symphony Orchestra, ballet, and classic films.
State Museum, and the Delaware State Archives are in downtown Dover and are open to the public for research and browsing.
in the Fall. Within Dover International Speedway is Dover Downs, a harness horse racing track, hotel and casino.
In Dover’s historical district is the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, featuring collections from the Colonial days to the present.
The two colleges in town are both active in sports, with Wesley being a perennial powerhouse in its conference in Division III football and Delaware State making the FCS Media playoffs for the first time in 2007. Two newspapers are headquartered in Dover, For one week during the the Dover Post, printed middle of July every year, weekly and online, and the Dover also hosts the Big daily Delaware State News. League (Little League 16WBOC-TV maintains 18) Eastern Regionals, a bureau in Dover, and attracting teams from all of WHYY-TV maintains a New England and the Midstudio and broadcasting Atlantic. facility in Dover. There are several golf WDDE, Delaware’s first NPR station, launched in August 2012. It broadcasts on 91.1 FM. Delaware was the last state in the nation to have an NPR station located within its borders.
Dover is also home to The Sports Children’s Theatre, Inc. of Dover and Kent County, a Dover International non-profit organization. Speedway is home to two The Delaware State NASCAR race weekends, Library, the Delaware one in the Spring and one
courses located near Dover. They include the Maple Dale Country Club in Dover, Wild Quail Country Club near Camden, Jonathan’s Landing Golf Course near Magnolia, Dover Center Par 3 and Driving Range in Dover, and the Dover Air Base Golf Course (Must have military I.D.) on the Dover Air Force Base. World Views Guides | June 2014
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Historically, Dover hosted a farm team of the Philadelphia Phillies in the Eastern Shore Baseball League. It also served as a minor-league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. The teams were variously known as the Senators, Dobbins, Orioles, and Phillies. In 2008 Sporting News ranked Dover 215th in its list of the 400 Best Sports Cities based on the year October 2007 - October 2008, a year which saw high attendance for the NASCAR races and Delaware State’s football team making its first FCS tournament appearance. Combat Zone Wrestling held its yearly Tournament of Death in Dover twice. (Tournament of Death I and Tournament of Death II) Notable people Madison Brengle, rising tennis star playing for the Delaware Smash • Robert Crumb, underground artist who lived in Dover from 1959–1961 • Nathan Macias, Texas politician and former commander of the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron at Dover Air Force Base • Mike Meade, NFL player born in Dover • Teri Polo, actress born in Dover • Ian Snell, Seattle Mariners pitcher • Rob Tornoe, nationally syndicated, award-winning cartoonist who attended Dover High School • Doug Hutchison, actor born in Dover •
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Cultural references George Carlin referred to Dover, Delaware as the destination for an all-expenses paid holiday in a comedy routine spoofing a quiz show, and country music singer Garth Brooks refers to the city in the song “Cold Shoulder” on his 1991 album, Ropin’ the Wind. English folksinger Jez Lowe references the city as the host of Dover Air Force Base in his anti-war song “Dover, Delaware”
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