Harbeson is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in east central
Sussex County,
Delaware
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, United States. It lies at the intersection of
U.S. Route 9/
Delaware Route 404 and
Delaware Route 5, east of the town of
Georgetown, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
of Sussex County. Its elevation is 36 feet (11 m).
It has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with the
ZIP code 19951.
Harbeson is part of the
Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Harbeson was named for Harbeson Hickman, a large landowner.
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Sussex County, Delaware
Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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