Wilmington may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Wilmington, South Australia, a town and locality **

District Council of Wilmington The District Council of Wilmington was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Wilmington from 1888 to 1980. History The council was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the '' District Councils Act 188 ...

, a former local government area **

Wilmington railway line The Wilmington railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It opened from Gladstone to Laura on 2 June 1884. It was extended from Laura to Booleroo Centre on 13 April 1910, and to Wilmington on 20 July 1915. The ...

, a former railway line

United Kingdom

Wilmington, Devon Wilmington is a village between Axminster and Honiton in East Devon on the A35 road. The village is now in the parish of Widworthy although this is a recent change. Prior to 1989 houses on the north side of the A35 were in Offwell Parish and o ...

* Wilmington, East Sussex * Wilmington, Kent * Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire *

Wilmington, Somerset Wilmington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Priston within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is nestled in the hilly countryside between the villages of Marksbury, Newton St Loe, Stanton Prior and Priston, 5 mile ...

Lordship of Wilmington Wilmington is the name of a lordship or manor or reputed lordship or manor in Sellindge, in the Folkestone and Hythe borough of Kent, to which the vestigial title Lord of Wilmington relates, which has some of the earliest examples of surviving ...

, an ancient manor in Kent in the parish of Sellindge

United States

* Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood * Wilmington, Delaware * Wilmington Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware *

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 ...

* Wilmington, Will County, Illinois *

Wilmington, Indiana Wilmington is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital an ...

Wilmington, Kansas Wilmington is an unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. History A post office was opened in Wilmington in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. Education The community is served by Missi ...

* Wilmington, Massachusetts ** Wilmington station (MBTA), commuter rail station ** Wilmington High School (Massachusetts) *

Wilmington Township, Minnesota Wilmington Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 472 at the 2000 census. History Wilmington Township was organized in 1858. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township h ...

Wilmington, Minnesota Wilmington is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 mi ...

* Wilmington, New York, a town ** Wilmington (CDP), New York, the main hamlet in the town * Wilmington, North Carolina, the largest US city, based on population, with the name * Wilmington, Ohio * Wilmington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania * Wilmington Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania * Wilmington, Vermont, a New England town ** Wilmington (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town * Wilmington, Virginia * Wilmington Island, Georgia ** Wilmington River (Georgia) *

Wilmington Manor, Delaware Wilmington Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) in north-eastern New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 7,889 at the 2010 census. Geography Wilmington Manor is located at (39.6867795, -75.5843695). It is just northwes ...

* New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in Lawrence County * South Wilmington, Illinois, in Grundy County

People

* Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743), British Prime Minister, 1742–1743, who gave his name to many of the places called Wilmington * Earl of Wilmington, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1730 for Spencer Compton * 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

* Wilmington College (Ohio), Wilmington, Ohio * Wilmington University, New Castle, Delaware * University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina

Other uses

* , any of several ships in the United States fleet *

Wilmington insurrection of 1898 The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, was a coup d'état and massacre carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, Novem ...

* Wilmington plc, a British publishing and business information company * Wilmington Subdivision, a railroad line in North Carolina