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DuPont Highway road construction at Ellendale, Delaware, 1918 using a narrow gauge 20hp 0-4-0 well tank loco built by O…1918
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DuPont Highway road construction at Ellendale, Delaware, 1918 using a narrow gauge 20hp 0-4-0 well tank loco built by O…, 1918

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Town in Delaware, United States
1866Established
487Population
0.4 sq miArea
49 ftElevation

Ellendale is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 487 at the 2020 census, an increase of 27.8% since the 2010 census, and a 48.9% increase since the year 2000. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ellendale is the "Gateway to Delaware's Resort Beaches" because it is the town located on U.S. Route 113, the resort area's westernmost border, and Delaware Route 16, the resort area's northernmost border with the eastern border being the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean and the southern border being the state line with Maryland.

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ZIP code19941
Area code302

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