Reliance 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 ...

located on the border of the U.S. states of

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

and

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

. The Maryland side of the community has portions in Caroline and Dorchester counties, while the Delaware side is located within Sussex County. Reliance is along

Delaware Route 20 Delaware Route 20 (DE 20) is an east–west state highway in Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex County, Delaware. Its western terminus is the Maryland state line in Reliance, Delaware, Reliance, where the road continues as Maryland Rout ...

and Maryland Route 392 at the junction with Maryland Route 577, west of Seaford. It was previously known as Johnson's Crossroads.Kaminkow, Marion J. ''Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Magna Carta Book Company, 1985. p285

Notable person

Patty Cannon (c. 1760 or 1759 or 1769 – May 11, 1829) was an illegal slave trader and the co-leader of the Cannon-Johnson Gang of Maryland-Delaware, which operated for about a decade in the early 19th century kidnapping free blacks and refugee slaves to sell into slavery in the South, which came to be known as the Reverse Underground Railroad.

References

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