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Harbeson, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°43′29″N 75°17′6″W / 38.72472°N 75.28500°W / 38.72472; -75.28500
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	36 ft (11 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	19951
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	214054

Harbeson is an unincorporated community in east central Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 9/Delaware Route 404 and Delaware Route 5, east of the town of Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County. Its elevation is 36 feet (11 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 19951.

Harbeson is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Harbeson was named for Harbeson Hickman, a large landowner.

References

1. ^ "Harbeson, Delaware". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 24.
3. "Zip Code Lookup". Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 149.

External links

• Media related to Harbeson, Delaware at Wikimedia Commons

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