Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy

United States   Delaware    Sussex County



County Courthouse
Sussex County Administrative Office Building, 1st Floor 2 The Circle PO Box 589 Georgetown, DE 19947

Parent County
1673--Sussex County was created 8 August 1673 from Deale (old) County. County seat: Georgetown

Populated Places

 * Cities: Lewes . Milford . Rehoboth Beach . Seaford
 * Towns: Bethany Beach . Bethel . Blades . Bridgeville . Dagsboro . Delmar . Dewey Beach . Ellendale . Fenwick Island . Frankford . Georgetown . Greenwood . Henlopen Acres . Laurel . Millsboro . Millville . Milton . Ocean View . Selbyville . Slaughter Beach . South Bethany
 * Hundreds: Baltimore . Broad Creek . Broadkill . Cedar Creek . Dagsboro . Georgetown . Gumboro . Indian River . Lewes &amp; Rehoboth . Little Creek . Nanticoke . Northwest Fork . Seaford
 * Unincorporated communities: Angola . Argo's Corner . Atlanta . Bayard . Belltown . Broad Creek . Broadkill Beach . Cannon . Cedar Creek . Clarksville . Concord . Cool Spring . Coverdale . Fairmount . Fowler Beach . Gumboro . Harbeson . Hardscrabble . Hollymount . Hollyville . Jimtown . Johnson . Lincoln . Long Neck . Marshtown . Middleford . Middlesex Beach . Midway . Nassau . Oakley . Oak Orchard . Old Furnace . Pepperbox . Pinetown . Redden . Reliance . Roxana . St. Johnstown . Whitesville . Williamsville

Neighboring Counties
Kent | Cape May County, New Jersey | Maryland counties: Caroline | Dorchester | Wicomico | Worcester

Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Sussex County (over 1990 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Probate

 * DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964.

Web Sites

 * The Sussex County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Sussex County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Sussex County
 * Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)