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Carpenters Corner, Delaware

Coordinates: 38°44′33″N 75°09′01″W / 38.74250°N 75.15028°W / 38.74250; -75.15028
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Carpenters Corner, Delaware
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

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  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.