Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area. The county was created on September 26, 1789, from part of Chester County and named for the Delaware River.
Delaware County | |
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County | |
Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pennsylvania | |
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Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania | |
Pennsylvania's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′N 75°24′W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Founded | September 26, 1789 |
| Named for | Delaware River |
| Seat | Media |
| Largest Township | Upper Darby |
| Other cities | Chester |
| Area | |
| • Total | 191 sq mi (490 km2) |
| • Land | 184 sq mi (480 km2) |
| • Water | 6.8 sq mi (18 km2) 3.5% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 576,830 |
| • Density | 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2) |
| Congressional district | 5th |
| Website | delcopa |
Pennsylvania Historical Marker | |
| Designated | October 3, 1982 |
Delaware County is part of the Delaware Valley and borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, to its northeast. It also is adjacent to the city-county of Philadelphia County and is included in the Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD metropolitan statistical area known as the Delaware Valley. Its county seat is Media.
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