Carpenters Corner, Delaware

Carpenters Corner, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Carpenters Corner is located in Delaware
Carpenters Corner
Carpenters Corner
Carpenters Corner is located in the United States
Carpenters Corner
Carpenters Corner
Coordinates: 38°44′33″N 75°09′01″W / 38.74250°N 75.15028°W / 38.74250; -75.15028
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
23 ft (7 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216056[1]

Carpenters Corner, Delaware is a village two miles south of Lewes and four miles northwest of Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County, at 38°44′30″N 75°09′00″W / 38.74167°N 75.15000°W / 38.74167; -75.15000.[2] The village is located on Delaware Route 1, and is named for two prosperous dairy farmers.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Carpenters Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ L. W. Heck, A. J. Wraight, D. J. Orth, J. R. Carter, L. G. Van Winkle, and Janet Hazen: Delaware Place Names, National Geological Survey Bulletin 1245, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966, p. 25.
  3. ^ "Farm at Carpenter's Corner southeast of Lewes". Cape Gazette. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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