Millville, Delaware
Millville, Delaware | ||
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FIPS code 10-48200 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 214323[2] | |
Website | millville |
Millville is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population in 2020 was 1,825,[3] It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies within Baltimore Hundred.
Geography
Millville is located at 38°32′58″N 75°07′24″W / 38.54944°N 75.12333°W (38.5495569, –75.1232391),[4] approximately 1 mile (2 km) west of the Atlantic Ocean and about 1 mile (2 km) south of Indian River Bay. It is contiguous on the east with Ocean View, and bordered on the north, west and south by unincorporated portions of Sussex County.[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), in which all of it was land.
Transportation
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Roads are the main means of transportation to and from Millville.
Government
Elected officials
Millville has a
The Annual Municipal Election is held on the first Saturday in March. Anyone 18 years old or older registered to vote in Millville may run for the town council as long as the candidate has lived in Millville for at least 90 days before the date of that year's election.[6]
If only one person runs for a particular council seat, that person takes office automatically without any election being held that year for that seat. If no one runs for a particular council seat, the incumbent automatically serves another term without any election being held that year for that seat.[6]
Appointed officials and town operations
A
Sussex County handled all land use regulation in Millville until 1993, when Millville itself began to pass zoning ordinances to control growth.[10]
History
The early settlement of the Millville area by
For a time, the names "Dukestown" and "Dukesville" were considered for the town because of the prominence and number of members of the Dukes family who lived in the area. Eventually, the town was named Millville because of the
Millville was incorporated in 1906. It had a population of 206 at the time,[11] and has grown in population only very slowly since,[8] reaching only 259 by the 2000 census. However, the population more than doubled by the 2010 census, rising to 544 residents,[citation needed] the highest in the recorded history of Millville.
Millville was considered the principal town of Baltimore Hundred, although this today lacks meaning because
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 193 | — | |
1920 | 112 | −42.0% | |
1930 | 193 | 72.3% | |
1940 | 184 | −4.7% | |
1950 | 270 | 46.7% | |
1960 | 231 | −14.4% | |
1970 | 224 | −3.0% | |
1980 | 178 | −20.5% | |
1990 | 206 | 15.7% | |
2000 | 259 | 25.7% | |
2010 | 544 | 110.0% | |
2020 | 1,825 | 235.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[12] |
Notes
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millville, Delaware
- ^ "Search Results". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ ADC Map Book Sussex County, Delaware, 1st Edition, pp. 34-35.
- ^ a b c Town of Millville, Delaware, official Web site
- ^ Town of Millville, Delaware, official web site and Meehan, p. 138
- ^ a b c Town of Millville: History
- ^ "Millville Volunteer Fire Company". Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
- ^ Meehan, p. 134.
- ^ Meehan, p. 138
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
References
- Town of Millville, Delaware, official web site
- ADC Map Book Sussex County, Delaware, 1st Edition. Alexandria Drafting Company: Alexandria, Virginia, 2005.
- Meehan, James D. Bethany Beach Memoirs...A Long Look Back. Harold E. Dukes, Jr.: Bethany Beach, Delaware, 1998. OCLC 41159140.
External links
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