Editing Georgetown, Delaware (section)

==Culture==
Since the mid 20th century, the two most intense industries in Georgetown have been the Sussex County Courts and the raising and processing of chickens, largely grown on area farms under contract to a processor such as Purdue Farms which has a large chicken processing plant in Georgetown. It has attracted numerous immigrants from [[Haiti]] and [[Guatemala]] as workers, stimulating growth of the population and changing the town's demographics. Georgetown has a more diverse population than might be expected in a small Delaware inland town. Some residents speak Haitian French or Creole, while many more have a primary language of Spanish, in addition to those whose first language is English. In 2000 slightly more than one-third of the population was ethnic Hispanic and one-fifth was African American (including Haitians).

Georgetown is the home of [[WZBH]] radio and the [[Georgetown Speedway]]. The latter attracts attendees from miles around during race season.
[[Image:Sussex County Courthouse 1907.jpg|upright|thumb|Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown, early 20th century]]

===Return Day===
Every two years, Georgetown hosts Return Day, a half-day-long parade and festival two days after [[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]].<ref>J. Thomas Sharff, ''The History of Delaware'' (1888)</ref> It stems from colonial days, when the public would congregate in Georgetown two days after the election to hear the results (because it would take that long to deliver the results to the courthouse by horseback from the state capital in [[Dover, Delaware]]). The winners of that year's elections parade in horse-drawn carriages around The Circle. Together with the losers and the chairs of the county's political parties, they ceremonially "bury the hatchet" in a tub of sand.<ref>[http://www.returnday.com returnday.com]</ref> The afternoon of Return Day is a holiday for county and state workers in Sussex County. The day's events are marked by a traditional ox feast, and the beginning of the next round of campaigns.<ref>[http://www.newszap.com/articles/2004/11/05/dm/central_delaware/aadsn01.txt www.newszap.com "Return Day in Georgetown"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127160206/http://www.newszap.com/articles/2004/11/05/dm/central_delaware/aadsn01.txt |date=November 27, 2004 }}, NewsZap, November 5, 2004</ref>