Wilmington may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Wilmington, South Australia
Wilmington is a town and locality in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.The town is located in the District Council of Mount Remarkable local government area, north of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2016 census, the local ...
, a town and locality
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District Council of Wilmington, a former local government area
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Wilmington railway line, a former railway line
United Kingdom
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Wilmington, Devon
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Wilmington, East Sussex
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Long Man is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, which includes the villages of Wilmington, Milton Street and Folkington. The parish is named after the Long Man of Wilmington, a chalk figure in the parish. ...
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Wilmington, Kent
Wilmington is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 2.7 miles south of Dartford, 3.5 miles north of Swanley and 4.3 miles south east of Bexleyheath, adjacent to the Kent bo ...
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Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull
Wilmington is an industrial area east of the River Hull in Kingston upon Hull, England.
Geography
Wilmington is bounded by the River Hull to the west, with Wincolmlee and Sculcoates beyond; Stoneferry is to the north; and to the south is th ...
, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Wilmington, Somerset
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Lordship of Wilmington, an ancient manor in Kent in the parish of Sellindge
United States
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Wilmington, Los Angeles
Wilmington is a neighborhood in the Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, covering .
Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of L ...
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Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington (Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...
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Wilmington Hundred
Wilmington Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they p ...
, New Castle County, Delaware
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Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois
Wilmington (Patterson) is a village in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 142 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Wilmington (Patterson) is located in northwestern Greene County at (39.482514, -90.489683). It is northwest of ...
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Wilmington, Will County, Illinois
Wilmington is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is approximately 60 miles south-west from downtown Chicago (the Chicago Loop). The population was 5,724 at the 2010 census.
History
Thomas Cox purchased land near Alden's Island in ...
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Wilmington, Indiana
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Wilmington, Kansas
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Wilmington, Massachusetts
Wilmington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population was 23,349 at the 2020 United States census.
History
Wilmington was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1730, from parts of Woburn, Readi ...
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Wilmington station (MBTA)
Wilmington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wilmington, Massachusetts served by the Lowell Line. It is located near the intersection of Main Street (Routes 38/ 129) and Church Street ( Route 62) in Wilmington's town center. The stati ...
, commuter rail station
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Wilmington High School (Massachusetts)
Wilmington High School is the public high school for the town of Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to the Wilmington Wildcats. Ryan Gendron is the principal. Jonathan Merenda and Mark Staffier both serve as vice principals.
New ...
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Wilmington Township, Minnesota
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Wilmington, Minnesota
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Wilmington, New York
Wilmington is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,253 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the nearby town of Wilmington, Vermont.
Wilmington is on the county's northern border and is southwest of Plat ...
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Wilmington (CDP), New York
Wilmington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wilmington in Essex County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 937 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population of 1,253.
Geography
The Wilming ...
, the main hamlet in the town
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Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.
With a population of 115,451 at the 2020 census, it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is t ...
, the largest US city, based on population, with the name
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Wilmington, Ohio
Wilmington is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,660 at the 2020 census. At city entrances from state routes, county roads, and U.S. highways, the city slogan of "We Honor Our Champions" is ...
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Wilmington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Wilmington Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,662 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 2,715 tabulated in 2010.
Wilmington was established as a township in February 1846 by ...
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Wilmington Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Wilmington Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,416 at the 2020 census, an increase from 1,415 in
2010 .
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total a ...
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Wilmington, Vermont
Wilmington is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,255 at the 2020 census.
History
The town was chartered in 1751 by Benning Wentworth, colonial governor of New Hampshire. It was named in honor of Spencer Comp ...
, a New England town
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Wilmington (CDP), Vermont
Wilmington is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 439, compared to 2,255 in the entire town. The center of the ...
, the main village in the town
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Wilmington, Virginia
Wilmington is an unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, in the U.S. state of Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the At ...
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Wilmington Island, Georgia
Wilmington Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia. The population was 15,129 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan area. The communities of Wilmington Island form a large and aff ...
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Wilmington River (Georgia)
The Wilmington River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was originally called St. Augustine's Creek.
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Wilmington Manor, Delaware
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New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
New Wilmington is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, first platted in 1824 and established as a borough on April 9, 1863. The population was 2,097 at the 2020 census. It is home to Westminster College and serves the Old O ...
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South Wilmington, Illinois
South Wilmington is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 702 at the 2020 census.
Although the name might indicate proximity to the city of Wilmington, South Wilmington is approximately 11 miles southwest of W ...
, in Grundy County
People
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, (2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised ...
(1673–1743), British Prime Minister, 1742–1743, who gave his name to many of the places called Wilmington
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Earl of Wilmington
Earl of Wilmington was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1730 for the politician Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington, who later served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743, during the reign of George ...
, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1730 for Spencer Compton
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Lord of Wilmington, an abbreviation of Lord of the Manor of Wilmington, a feudal dignity relating to land originally granted under an Anglo-Saxon charter of 700 C.E.
Educational institutions
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Wilmington College (Ohio)
Wilmington College is a private college in Wilmington, Ohio. It was established by Quakers in 1870 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In fall 2018, the college set an enrollment record, bringing in 450 new students for the ac ...
, Wilmington, Ohio
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Wilmington University
Wilmington University (WilmU) is a private university with its main campus in Wilmington Manor, Delaware, with a New Castle street address. - It was founded in 1968 as Wilmington College by educator Dr. Donald E. Ross. As of 2016, the unive ...
, New Castle, Delaware
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW or UNC Wilmington) is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students eac ...
, Wilmington, North Carolina
Other uses
* , any of several ships in the United States fleet
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Wilmington insurrection of 1898
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Wilmington plc
Wilmington plc is a publishing firm and provider of information and training, specialising in compliance, legal and healthcare publications. The company was established in 1995 and has its headquarters Whitechapel High Street, London.
It publishe ...
, a British publishing and business information company
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Wilmington Subdivision, a railroad line in North Carolina
See also
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Wilmington station (disambiguation) Wilmington station may refer to:
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*Wilmington station (Delaware), officially the Joseph R. Biden Jr., Railroad Station, formerly known as Pennsylvania Station, as well as French Street Station
*Water Street Station in Wilmington, Dela ...
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