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461:Sutton House (St. Georges, Delaware)
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1738:Quarryville
1653:Monroe Park
1623:Meadowbrook
1593:Marshallton
1513:Green Acres
1503:Foulk Woods
1433:Centerville
1375:communities
1358:St. Georges
1150:County seat
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457:Starl House
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1952:Wilmington
1927:New Castle
1922:Mill Creek
1917:Christiana
1912:Brandywine
1792:State Road
1771:Silverside
1763:Shellburne
1663:Mount Cuba
1658:Montchanin
1648:Minquadale
1638:Mill Creek
1568:Lancashire
1528:Guyencourt
1493:Fieldsboro
1438:Christiana
1343:Pike Creek
1338:North Star
1328:Greenville
1280:Ardencroft
1236:Middletown
1220:Bellefonte
1190:Wilmington
1180:New Castle
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142:39°33′18″N
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1907:Blackbird
1874:Worthland
1859:Woodbrook
1854:Windybush
1827:Twin Oaks
1813:Tavistock
1796:Stockdale
1748:Riverside
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1583:Loveville
1578:Lindamere
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1533:Gwinhurst
1523:Greenbank
1488:Faulkland
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1473:Edenridge
1458:Deerhurst
1428:Carrcroft
1423:Carpenter
1408:Blue Ball
1403:Blackbird
1398:Belvedere
1353:Port Penn
1333:Hockessin
1308:Brookside
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1932:Pencader
1894:Hundreds
1864:Wooddale
1839:Welshire
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1753:Rockland
1743:Red Lion
1703:Pennrock
1683:Ogletown
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1603:Mayfield
1573:Liftwood
1563:Kirkwood
1508:Granogue
1478:Elmhurst
1468:Dunleith
1393:Bellevue
1318:Edgemoor
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1267:Villages
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1071:June 18,
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700:See also
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363:Delaware
325:10-63800
297:ZIP code
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1884:Yorklyn
1849:Wilmont
1787:Stanton
1776:Silview
1698:Penarth
1693:Pembrey
1463:Delaire
1383:Ashland
1323:Glasgow
1241:Newport
1231:Elsmere
1225:Clayton
1043:June 4,
402:in the
377:History
171:Country
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1673:Naaman
1251:Smyrna
1246:Odessa
1185:Newark
1167:Cities
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