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Police services in the town is provided by the
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system of government consisting of a Mayor and a six-member Town
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of 2000, there were 5,800 people, 2,299 households, and 1,487 families residing in the town. The population density was 5,891.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,274.5/km). There were 2,395 housing units at an average density of 2,432.6 per square mile (939.2/km). The racial makeup of the town was
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Delaware. The community was built at an intersection of railroad lines and allowed working-class families easy access to Wilmington.
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Elsmere is home to multiple small neighborhood parks. Parks in
Elsmere include Junction Street Park, Fairgrounds Park, Joseph R. Walling Park, Maple Avenue Park, Brian Martin Park, Vilone Park, and Veterans Park. The town is also home to Elsmere Bark Park, which is a
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1989:(Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
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Location of Elsmere in New Castle County, Delaware.
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1953:"Thomas McKean High School Attendance Zone"
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1958:. Red Clay Consolidated School District
1933:. Red Clay Consolidated School District
1908:. Red Clay Consolidated School District
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1581:"The Delaware Census State Data Center"
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1291:Red Clay Consolidated School District
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1983:Delaware Official Transportation Map
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1558:Geographic Names Information System
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1833:. Elsmere Fire Company No. 1
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2001:"Routes and Schedules"
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3084:United States portal
1641:"History of Elsmere"
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307: • Density
98:Show map of Delaware
2048:"Service Territory"
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2671:Marshallton
2591:Green Acres
2581:Foulk Woods
2511:Centerville
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3005:New Castle
3000:Mill Creek
2995:Christiana
2990:Brandywine
2870:State Road
2849:Silverside
2841:Shellburne
2741:Mount Cuba
2736:Montchanin
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2716:Mill Creek
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2606:Guyencourt
2571:Fieldsboro
2516:Christiana
2421:Pike Creek
2416:North Star
2406:Greenville
2358:Ardencroft
2314:Middletown
2298:Bellefonte
2268:Wilmington
2258:New Castle
2235:Wilmington
2084:August 14,
2058:August 15,
2007:August 16,
1517:References
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1468:Christiana
1341:Wilmington
1296:Greenville
1216:Government
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475:75°35′53″W
472:39°44′21″N
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418:Wilmington
386:feature ID
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151:75°35′53″W
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2411:Hockessin
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2032:March 24,
1962:March 12,
1937:March 12,
1912:March 12,
1831:"History"
1703:April 23,
1553:"Elsmere"
1482:, former
1423:Utilities
1407:line and
1304:Hockessin
1285:Education
461:Geography
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2917:Welshire
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2831:Rockland
2821:Red Lion
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2586:Granogue
2556:Elmhurst
2546:Dunleith
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2396:Edgemoor
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2865:Stanton
2854:Silview
2776:Penarth
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2541:Delaire
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2401:Glasgow
2319:Newport
2309:Elsmere
2303:Clayton
1853:"Parks"
1746:June 4,
1501:General
1361:Newport
1161:82.41%
510:Climate
431:Trolley
424:History
406:Elsmere
394:Website
176:Country
122:Elsmere
89:Elsmere
2806:Porter
2751:Naaman
2329:Smyrna
2324:Odessa
2263:Newark
2245:Cities
1616:
1432:Exelon
1385:Amtrak
1371:, and
1345:Newark
1241:Mayors
1187:Latino
1158:census
1085:−22.8%
1040:226.0%
1010:113.4%
950:Census
922:(104)
907:(124)
897:(136)
892:(106)
887:(111)
882:(107)
877:(115)
853:(−23)
848:(−18)
843:(−10)
803:(−15)
798:(−21)
793:(−23)
534:Month
389:213941
215:County
205:
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2786:Perth
2353:Arden
2290:Towns
2026:(PDF)
1987:(PDF)
1956:(PDF)
1931:(PDF)
1906:(PDF)
1878:(PDF)
1175:Asian
1163:White
1140:6,229
1125:6,131
1115:−2.3%
1110:5,800
1100:−8.6%
1095:5,935
1080:6,493
1070:15.0%
1065:8,415
1055:37.7%
1050:7,319
1035:5,314
1025:23.2%
1020:1,630
1005:1,323
995:65.8%
925:49.43
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912:(97)
902:(93)
872:(79)
867:(94)
838:(−4)
823:(11)
813:(−2)
808:(−7)
778:(−2)
763:(15)
758:(19)
753:(20)
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743:(12)
728:(−3)
723:(−4)
713:(17)
703:(12)
698:(18)
693:(24)
688:(28)
683:(29)
678:(27)
673:(22)
668:(17)
663:(11)
643:(38)
638:(23)
633:(29)
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603:(34)
598:(34)
593:(31)
588:(23)
583:(23)
573:Year
344:(EDT)
302:6,229
195:State
2381:Bear
2373:CDPs
2158:2018
2136:2018
2114:2018
2086:2017
2060:2017
2034:2018
2009:2013
1964:2018
1939:2018
1914:2018
1889:2021
1861:2018
1839:2018
1817:2018
1795:2022
1773:2008
1748:2016
1726:2018
1705:2011
1679:2009
1653:2009
1627:2016
1614:ISBN
1593:2013
1539:2021
1490:and
1387:and
1309:The
1145:1.6%
1136:2020
1130:5.7%
1121:2010
1106:2000
1091:1990
1076:1980
1061:1970
1046:1960
1031:1950
1016:1940
1001:1930
986:1920
971:1910
959:Note
954:Pop.
920:4.10
915:3.48
910:3.81
905:4.90
900:3.67
895:5.36
890:4.19
885:4.38
880:4.21
875:4.52
870:3.10
865:3.71
833:(2)
828:(6)
818:(5)
783:(8)
773:(4)
768:(8)
738:(6)
733:(1)
708:(6)
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570:Dec
567:Nov
564:Oct
561:Sep
558:Aug
555:Jul
552:Jun
549:May
546:Apr
543:Mar
540:Feb
537:Jan
384:GNIS
257:Area
229:1909
33:Town
1484:MLB
1466:in
1403:'s
1391:'s
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990:620
975:374
641:101
616:100
611:101
367:302
335:DST
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806:19
796:−5
791:−9
781:46
776:29
771:39
766:47
761:59
756:66
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741:53
736:43
731:34
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