Lewes, Delaware

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city municipality seaside town

Lewes, Delaware is a historic coastal town at the mouth of the Delaware Bay known for its beaches, maritime heritage, and role as one of the oldest European settlements in the state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Delaware Beaches 1
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware Colony 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
seaside town ⓘ
adjacentTo Cape Henlopen State Park ⓘ
areaCode 302 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectsToByFerry Cape May, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cape May, New Jersey
country United States of America ⓘ
county Sussex County ⓘ
surface form: Sussex County, Delaware
economySector maritime services ⓘ
retail ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
foundedAs Zwaanendael ⓘ
foundedBy Dutch settlers ⓘ
foundingYear 1631 ⓘ
governingBody Mayor and City Council of Lewes ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHeritage maritime heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Lewes Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark Lewes Presbyterian Church ⓘ
Lightship Overfalls ⓘ
Ryves Holt House ⓘ
Zwaanendael Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Cape Henlopen State Park ⓘ
surface form: Cape Henlopen Lighthouse site
hasPort Lewes Ferry Terminal ⓘ
surface form: Port of Lewes
hasRecreationalActivity beachgoing ⓘ
boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasTransportation Delaware Route 1 ⓘ
Delaware Route 9 ⓘ
isOneOf oldest European settlements in Delaware ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
coastal tourism ⓘ
ferry connection to New Jersey ⓘ
historic character ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Delaware Bay ⓘ
locatedIn Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Salisbury, Maryland–Delaware metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal ⓘ
motto The First Town in the First State ⓘ
namedAfter Lewes, East Sussex ⓘ
surface form: Lewes, East Sussex, England
partOf Cape Region, Delaware ⓘ
postalCode 19958 ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
servedBy Cape May–Lewes Ferry ⓘ
state Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape May–Lewes Ferry → connects → Lewes, Delaware ⓘ
Delmarva Peninsula → containsSettlement → Lewes, Delaware ⓘ
James Iredell Sr. → placeOfBirth → Lewes, Delaware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware Colony
Cape May–Lewes Ferry → regionServed → Lewes, Delaware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware Beaches
Cape May–Lewes Ferry → routeEnd → Lewes, Delaware ⓘ