Ellendale, Delaware

Ellendale, Delaware
Town
Ellendale Fire Company
Nickname:  The Gateway to Delaware's Resort Beaches
Location of Ellendale in Sussex County, Delaware (left) and of Sussex County in Delaware (right)
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Coordinates: 38°48′25″N 75°25′22″W / 38.80694°N 75.42278°W / 38.80694; -75.42278
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Settled	1866
Incorporated	March 30, 1905
Area [1]
• Total	0.42 sq mi (1.10 km2)
• Land	0.42 sq mi (1.10 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	49 ft (15 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	487
• Density	1,145.88/sq mi (442.65/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	19941
Area code	302
FIPS code	10-24020
GNIS feature ID	213934[2]
Website	ellendale.delaware.gov

Ellendale is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 487 at the 2020 census, an increase of 27.8% since the 2010 census, and a 48.9% increase since the year 2000. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ellendale is the "Gateway to Delaware's Resort Beaches" because it is the town located on U.S. Route 113, the resort area's westernmost border, and Delaware Route 16, the resort area's northernmost border with the eastern border being the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean and the southern border being the state line with Maryland.