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Belltown, Delaware

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459: 47: 77: 1135: 349: 84: 54: 288:, the oldest town in Sussex County, had its own clearly defined minority neighborhoods, Belltown represents the first successful effort to create a separate community. Most of the residents of Belltown were dependent upon the nearby town for their livelihoods. Some, however, including the owners of the 1195: 381: 1200: 109: 1176: 280:
non-European stock. This included not only African Americans and persons of racially mixed ancestry, but Native Americans, such as the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belltown, Delaware
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Richard B. Carter, Phyllis A. Hastings (December 1981).
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Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States
272:Belltown was founded about 1840 by Jacob Bell, a " 1187: 1170: 375: 260:, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of 256:, United States. Belltown is located along 1177: 1163: 462:Map of Delaware highlighting Sussex County 382: 368: 1201:Unincorporated communities in Delaware 1188: 316: 307: 305: 363: 1129: 302: 13: 457: 390:Municipalities and communities of 14: 1222: 341: 1133: 347: 83: 82: 75: 53: 52: 45: 1: 295: 96:Show map of the United States 1149:. 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Unincorporated community
Belltown is located in Delaware
Belltown is located in the United States
38°44′49″N 75°10′41″W / 38.74694°N 75.17806°W / 38.74694; -75.17806
Country
State
Delaware
County
Sussex
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
Area code
302
GNIS
unincorporated community
Sussex County
Delaware
U.S. Route 9
Rehoboth Beach
free colored man
one-sixteenth or more
Nanticoke people
Lewes
Norwood House


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belltown, Delaware

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