Port Penn is a

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located in St. Georges Hundred, southern

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, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the

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. Port Penn is home to the Port Penn Interpretive Center. Its population is estimated at 252.

Education

Port Penn is in the Colonial School District. It operates William Penn High School.

References

External links

Port Penn Area Historical Society
Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware Unincorporated communities in Delaware {{Delaware-geo-stub