Editing Sussex County, Delaware (section)

==Geography==
{{wide image|Cape Henlopen at the Point.jpg|1000px|[[Cape Henlopen]] seen from [[Cape Henlopen State Park]] in [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]]}}

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1196|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|936|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|260|sqmi}} (21.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the largest county in Delaware by area. The county's land area comprises 48.0 percent of the state's land area. It is the second-highest percentage of territory of a state of any county in the United States.

Sussex County, like Delaware's two other counties, is subdivided into [[Hundred (county subdivision)|Hundreds]]. There are several explanations given for how the Hundreds were determined: as an area containing 100 families, an area containing 100 people, or an area that could raise 100 soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsd.org/DHE/DHE_where_hundreds.htm |title=Delaware History Online - Geography - Hundreds |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180617/http://www.hsd.org/DHE/DHE_where_hundreds.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref> Sussex County is apportioned into eleven [[List of hundreds of Delaware|Hundred]]s: [[Cedar Creek Hundred|Cedar Creek]], [[Broadkill Hundred|Broadkill]], [[Georgetown Hundred|Georgetown]], [[Nanticoke Hundred|Nanticoke]], [[Northwest Fork Hundred|Northwest Fork]], [[Broad Creek Hundred|Broad Creek]], [[Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County|Little Creek]], [[Dagsboro Hundred|Dagsboro]], [[Baltimore Hundred|Baltimore]], [[Indian River Hundred|Indian River]], and [[Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred|Lewes & Rehoboth]].

The eastern portion of the county is home to [[Delaware beaches|Delaware's beaches]] on the Atlantic Coast and many seaside resorts. The western side of the county is the center of Delaware's agriculture, industry with more acres of arable land under cultivation than anywhere else in the state.{{Citation needed|reason=date May 2007|date=May 2007}}

[[File:Bald Cypress.JPG|thumb|right|Cluster of [[bald cypress]] trees seen in [[Trap Pond State Park]]]]

Sussex County is home to an extensive system of Southern saltwater and freshwater wetlands, notably the [[Great Cypress Swamp]]. This massive freshwater swamp contains the northernmost strand of [[Bald Cypress]] trees in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.destateparks.com/park/trap-pond/index.asp|title=Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, Delaware|website=www.destateparks.com|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616175256/http://destateparks.com/park/trap-pond/index.asp|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, [[Zigzag Swamp]] is located within Sussex County.<ref>{{gnis|214889}}</ref>

[[Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge]] is a {{convert|10000|acre|km2}} along the western shore of [[Delaware Bay]]. The refuge contains a variety of habitats, including [[freshwater marsh|freshwater]] and [[salt marsh]]es, [[woodland]]s, [[grassland]]s, [[pond]]s, and [[forest]]ed areas, supporting 267 species of birds and a variety of [[reptile]]s, [[amphibian]]s and [[mammal]]s.<ref name="fws">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). [http://www.fws.gov/northeast/primehook/ "Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge: Welcome."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714173043/https://www.fws.gov/northeast/primehook/ |date=July 14, 2016 }} January 3, 2011.</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]] – north
*[[Cape May County, New Jersey]] – northeast
*[[Worcester County, Maryland]] – south
*[[Dorchester County, Maryland]] – southwest
*[[Wicomico County, Maryland]] – southwest
*[[Caroline County, Maryland]] – northwest

===Major highways===
[[File:2022-07-14 15 38 10 View north along Delaware State Route 1 (Coastal Highway) from the overpass for northbound Delaware State Route 1 Business (Rehoboth Boulevard) in Milford, Sussex County, Delaware.jpg|thumb|right|DE 1 in Milford, northern Sussex County]]
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===National protected area===
* [[Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge]]

===Climate===
Sussex County has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') according to the [[Köppen climate classification]]. The [[Trewartha climate classification]] only has the area along the Atlantic Coast up to [[Cape Henlopen]] and Lewes as ''Cf'' and the remainder of the county as ''Do'' ([[oceanic climate|oceanic]].) Three months average above 22&nbsp;°C (71.6&nbsp;°F), all months average above freezing, and seven to eight months average above {{cvt|10|°C}}. The [[hardiness zone]] is 7b except near the coast where it is 8a. [https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/]

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