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Angola, Delaware

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By 1925, Angola's population had grown to 95 residents. In the early 20th century, the Angola Telephone Company operated a telephone exchange in the area, following a Sussex County decision allowing telephone companies to place telephone poles and lines along roadways.
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In 1800, Methodists in Angola began meeting at the Angola Schoolhouse. In 1838, a site on Robinsonville Road was selected, and this became Connelly's Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as Conley's United Methodist Church.
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In 1836, the Angola post office began operations. Circa the 1850s, a dam was built on Herring Creek, creating Burton's Millpond. There was once a
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By 1955, Angola was said to consist of "a store and several houses". The store was the Burton store, an old country mercantile.
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Angola's population had grown to 18 residents by 1900. Around this time, the community was the site of the Angola
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In February 1876, a new church in Angola was blown off its foundations due to extreme winds.
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were used for plantation labor, both before and after slavery was abolished.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angola, Delaware
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Circa 1890, Angola's population was just 12 residents.
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Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States
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Unincorporated community
Angola is located in Delaware
Angola is located in the United States
38°40′09″N 075°11′21″W / 38.66917°N 75.18917°W / 38.66917; -75.18917
Country
State
Delaware
County
Sussex
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
Area code
302
GNIS
unincorporated community
Sussex County
Delaware
Rehoboth Bay
Delaware Route 24
Indian River Hundred
Delaware Route 24
Hollyville
Long Neck
Angola
First Africans in Virginia
Gullahs
grist mill

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