Smyrna Landing, Delaware

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Smyrna Landing, Delaware
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Smyrna Landing
Coordinates: 39°18′29″N75°35′37″W / 39.30806°N 75.59361°W / 39.30806; -75.59361 Coordinates: 39°18′29″N75°35′37″W / 39.30806°N 75.59361°W / 39.30806; -75.59361
Country United States
State Delaware
Counties Kent, New Castle
Elevation 3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID 216221 [1]

Smyrna Landing is an unincorporated community in Kent and New Castle counties of Delaware, United States. [1] Smyrna Landing is located along Smyrna Landing Road at the crossing of Duck Creek east of Smyrna.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Kent County, Delaware county in Delaware, United States

Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 162,310, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It is named for Kent, an English county.

New Castle County, Delaware county in Delaware, United States

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 538,479, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with just under 60% of the state's population of 897,936 in the same census. The county seat is Wilmington.

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