Editing List of counties in Delaware (section)

==County list==
The [[Federal Information Processing Standard]] (FIPS) [[FIPS county code|code]], which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

{{Countytabletop
| region_width      = 
| fips_ref          = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/pa.html |title=EPA County FIPS Code Listing |work=EPA.gov |access-date=2008-02-23}}</ref>
| region_seat_title = County seat
| region_seat_width = 
| region_seat_ref   = <ref name="DCH"/><ref name="NACO">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=DE 
 |title=NACo – Find a county 
 |author=National Association of Counties 
 |access-date=2008-04-30 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410090214/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=DE 
 |archive-date=April 10, 2005 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>
| data2_title       = {{abbr|Est.|Established}}
| data2_width       =
| data2_ref         = <ref name="DCH"/><ref name="NACO"/>
| data3_title       = History
| data3_width       = 
| data3_ref         = <ref name="DCH"/><ref name="HSD">{{cite web|last=The Historical Society of Delaware |year=1997 |url=http://www.hsd.org/DHE/DHE_where_counties.htm |title=Delaware Counties |access-date=2006-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719162033/http://www.hsd.org/DHE/DHE_where_counties.htm |archive-date=2006-07-19 }}</ref>
| data4_title       = Etymology
| data4_width       = 
| data4_ref         = <ref name="HSD"/>
| data4_unsortable  = yes
| population_ref    = <ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sussexcountydelaware,newcastlecountydelaware,kentcountydelaware/PST045223/ Delaware Census Data]</ref>
| area_ref          = <ref name="NACO"/>
}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Kent
|N=10|Num=001
|Seat=Dover
|Data2=1680
|Data3=Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as ''St. Jones County''.
|Data4=named in 1682 by [[William Penn]] for the [[England|English]] county of [[Kent]]
|Population=192690
|Area=800
|Size=50px}}
{{Countyrow|Name=New Castle
|N=10|Num=003
|Seat=Wilmington
|Data2=1664
|Data3=Original County (Formally New Amstel)
|Data4=named in 1673 by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Governor Anthony Colve for the town of [[New Castle, Delaware]] as an [[Anglicization]] of ''Nieuw Amstel''.
|Population=588093
|Area=494
|Size=50px}}
{{Countyrow|Name=Sussex
|N=10|Num=005
|Seat=Georgetown
|Data2=1664
|Data3=Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as ''Deale County'' 
|Data4=named in 1682 by [[William Penn]] for the [[England|English]] county of [[Sussex]], which was his home county
|Population=271134
|Area=1196
|Size=50px}}
|}