Wilmington may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Wilmington, South Australia, a town and locality ** District Council of Wilmington, a former local government area ** Wilmington railway line, a former railway line

United Kingdom

* Wilmington, Devon *

Wilmington, East Sussex __NOTOC__ 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. ...

Wilmington, Kent Wilmington is a village and 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 border with Greater London. ...

* Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire * Wilmington, Somerset * Lordship of Wilmington, an ancient manor in Kent in the parish of Sellindge

United States

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 ...

, California, a neighborhood *

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 ...

* Wilmington Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware * Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois *

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 ...

* Wilmington, Indiana * Wilmington, Kansas *

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 ...

** Wilmington station (MBTA), commuter rail station **

Wilmington High School (Massachusetts) Wilmington High School is the public high school for the town of 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 w ...

* Wilmington Township, Minnesota * Wilmington, Minnesota * Wilmington, New York, a town ** Wilmington (CDP), New York, the main hamlet in the town *

Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. With a population of 115,451 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is t ...

, the largest US city, based on population, with the name *

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" ...

* Wilmington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania * Wilmington Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania *

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 Com ...

, a New England town ** Wilmington (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town * Wilmington, Virginia * Wilmington Island, Georgia **

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.< ...

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

People

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 raise ...

(1673–1743), British Prime Minister, 1742–1743, who gave his name to many of the places called Wilmington *

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 * 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 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 *

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 *

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 *

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 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 * Wilmington Subdivision, a railroad line in North Carolina