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Bacons, Delaware

Coordinates: 38°30′30″N 75°34′11″W / 38.50833°N 75.56972°W / 38.50833; -75.56972
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Bacons, Delaware
Bacons is located in Delaware
Bacons
Bacons
Bacons is located in the United States
Bacons
Bacons
Coordinates: 38°30′30″N 75°34′11″W / 38.50833°N 75.56972°W / 38.50833; -75.56972
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216022[1]

Bacons is an unincorporated community located four miles north of the Maryland state line in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Also known as Bacon Switch, the site was once a thriving railroad switch point in the late 19th century. The site between Delmar and Laurel, Delaware had a number of small stores. It was named after the Bacon family, who started a farm there, before expanding into the sawmill and basket making business. Parents Thomas and Amelia Bacon, had five sons: Frank, Albert, Thomas, William and Harry. The son Thomas designed a collapsible egg carrier in 1884 that was granted a US Patent, number 299715 [1]. The egg carrier was used to ship eggs to Philadelphia, where it would be collapsed and returned to the farmer. Thomas Bacon Jr. died in 1939.

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.