Port Penn is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

located in St. Georges Hundred, southern

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, Delaware, United States, below the

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) is a -long, -wide and -deep ship canal that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay in the states of Delaware and Maryland in the United States. In the mid-17th century, mapmaker Augus ...

on the west bank of the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...

. 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