Ellendale, Delaware
Ellendale, Delaware
Nickname(s): The Gateway to Delaware’s
Resort Beaches
Coordinates: 38°48′24″N 75°25′26″W /
38.80667°N 75.42389°W / 38.80667;
-75.42389Coordinates: 38°48′24″N 75°25′26″W
/ 38.80667°N 75.42389°W / 38.80667;
-75.42389
Country
United States
State
Delaware
County
Sussex
Area
- Total
0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
- Land
0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
- Water
0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
49 ft (15 m)
Population (2000)
- Total
327
- Density
1,289.5/sq mi (497.9/km2)
Time zone
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code
19941
Area code(s)
302
FIPS code
10-24020
GNIS feature ID
0213934
Ellendale
is a town in Sussex County,
Delaware, United States. The population was
327 at the 2000 census. It is part of the
Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical
Area.
Ellendale
is
the
"Gateway
to
Delaware’s Resort Beaches" because it is the
city located on U.S. Highway 113 , the resort
area’s western most border, and Delaware
Route 16 , the resort area’s northern most
border with the eastern border being the
Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean and the
southern border being the state line with
Maryland. Ellendale is home to the Phil-
adelphia Bible College and the Harbor Chris-
tian Academy.
History
Early history
Ellendale started as a forest and swamp on
the divide between the Chesapeake Bay and
Delaware Bay. The swamp was the hunting
grounds of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe until
they were driven out by the Lenni Lenape
Tribe on the Battle Green near Chestnut
Ridge, a hill on Ellendale’s north side. The
Lenape Trace, a main thoroughfare of a trail,
passed through Ellendale as a native Americ-
an trade route from Pocomoke City, Mary-
land to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. With the
arrival of Europeans, the Ellendale area was
a province of fur traders and hunters. Early
in the 18th century, farming and timbering
pushed back the swamp that once covered
the area. The tract of land on which the town
would later be built was originally deeded in
1740 as "Bennett’s Pleasure".
The Black Camp Insurrection
The "Nanticoke