๐บ๐ธ Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located on the Broadkill River, which empties into Delaware Bay.
It is part of the rapidly growing Cape Region and lies within the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Delaware Route 5 passes through Milton.
History Located at the head of the Broadkill River, which enters Delaware Bay, the Milton area was first settled in 1675 by English colonists and founded as "Head of Broadkiln" in 1763. It became important for shipbuilding. The town was known by renamed by the Delaware Legislature in 1807, in honor of the English poet John Milton. The Delaware General Assembly passed a charter on March 17, 1865, that recognised the Town of Milton as a municipality.
History and Milton's shipbuilding heritage remain very important to the town, which is home to some of the finest Victorian and Colonial architecture in Delaware. Many of the homes have been restored to their original form, particularly those on Union and Federal streets.
Milton has 198 contributing structures listed within its Federal Register Historic District. Significant buildings and sites are the Lydia Black Cannon Museum, the Governor James Carey home, the Chestnut Street Cemetery, and the Governor David Hazzard Mansion. The Hazzard House and Gov. James Ponder House were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The Milton Historic District was added in 1982.
Milton serves local residents and summer tourists in the Milton, Broadkill Beach and Primehook Beach areas with family-operated businesses and new office and shopping complexes. Several local businesses in the area are served by the Delmarva Central Railroad, which operates a branch that extends to Milton from Ellendale. Recreational opportunities abound with the Broadkill River, Wagamon's Pond, Diamond Pond and Lavinia Pond. Public boat docks and fishing piers are also available. It is within an easy drive to the coastal resorts of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
A footpath known as the Governors Walk follows the Broadkill River in central Milton. The Nature Conservancy established a preserve along the river downstream of Milton in 1998. As of 2005, an annual canoe and kayak race was being held on the river in Milton. The river passes through and feeds Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge to the east before entering Delaware Bay.
Milton is the home of the Dogfish Head Brewery, a well-known East Coast beer-maker.
Transport Roads are the main means of transport to and from Milton. Delaware Route 5 is the main highway serving Milton, running on a north-south alignment through the centre of town. Trucks are served by a bypass route, Delaware Route 5 Alternate, which bypasses downtown to the west. Delaware Route 16 also passes through Milton, skimming the north side of town on an east-west alignment. Delaware Route 30 passes just outside the town to the west, following a similar north-south alignment to parallel DE 5. DART First State provides bus service to Milton along Route 303, which runs north to Dover and south to Georgetown. The Delmarva Central Railroad's Milton Industrial Track line runs from Milton west to a junction with the Indian River Subdivision in Ellendale.
Geography Milton is located along the Broadkill River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1ย kmยฒ), of which 1.1 square miles (2.8ย kmยฒ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26ย kmยฒ) (8.62%) is water.
Milton has a population of over 2,576 people. Milton also forms part of the wider Sussex County which has a population of over 237,378 people. Milton is situated near Salisbury.
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๐บ๐ธ Edwardsville 38.8
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๐บ๐ธ Alexandria 38.805
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๐บ๐ธ Merion Station -75.253
๐บ๐ธ Lower Merion -75.25
Locations Near: Milton -75.3,38.7667
๐บ๐ธ Cape May -74.917,38.933 d: 38
๐บ๐ธ Dover -75.52,39.153 d: 47
๐บ๐ธ Salisbury -75.593,38.36 d: 52
๐บ๐ธ Cape May Court House -74.821,39.079 d: 54.1
๐บ๐ธ Bridgeton -75.162,39.376 d: 68.8
๐บ๐ธ Vineland -75.026,39.486 d: 83.4
๐บ๐ธ Ocean City -74.576,39.279 d: 84.7
๐บ๐ธ Mays Landing -74.724,39.453 d: 91.1
๐บ๐ธ Egg Harbor -74.6,39.378 d: 91
๐บ๐ธ New Castle County -75.562,39.661 d: 101.9
Antipodal to: Milton 104.7,-38.767
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18861.9
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18803
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18785.1
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18769.6
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18753.2
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18752.7
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18741.8
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18740.5