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North Shores, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°44′10″N 75°05′04″W / 38.73611°N 75.08444°W / 38.73611; -75.08444
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	19971
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	217010

North Shores is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. North Shores is located along the Atlantic Ocean north of Henlopen Acres and Rehoboth Beach and south of Cape Henlopen State Park.

North Shores is a residential community that consists of 192 single-family homes, 48 apartments, and 55 townhomes, along with 10 homes and 11 condominiums added to the original community. In addition to residences, North Shores is home to a Bath & Tennis Club that consists of a swimming pool, two tennis courts, a marina for 25 boats, and 2,200 feet (670 m) of private beach along the Atlantic Ocean. North Shores was established in 1956 by Daniel G. Anderson and J. Rodney King, who purchased the land to build the community.

Private security service, which is owned by the town of Henlopen Acres, began in North Shores in 1996. North Shores shares the services and expense of this security service with Henlopen Acres. The security service, which patrols all of Henlopen Acres and North Shores, operates two vehicles.

North Shore Beach within Cape Henlopen State Park is a popular beach among lesbian women.

Notable people

• Joe Biden, current President-elect of the United States, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), United States Senator from Delaware (1973–2009), candidate for President of the United States in 1988 and 2008, and Jill Biden, educator and current First Lady of the United States-elect, Second Lady of the United States (2009–2017) own a beach house in the North Shores neighborhood, just north of the Henlopen Acres town limits.
• John Delaney, United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district (2013–2019) and candidate for President of the United States in 2020, owns beach house in North Shores.

References

1. "North Shores". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. General Highway Map: Sussex County, Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1992 ed.). 1:24,000. Dover, DE: Delaware Department of Transportation. January 4, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
3. "Welcome to North Shores". North Shores Board of Governors. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
4. Meehan, James D. (2000). From Saints to Sinners...Rehoboth Beach Memoirs. Bethany Beach, Delaware: Harold E. Dukes, Jr. p. 229. OCLC 44948093.
5. Wurman, Richard Saul (2007). Access Washington, D.C., Tenth Edition. HarperCollins. p. 223. ISBN 9780061230806. Retrieved September 2, 2013. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
6. ^ Flood, Chris (May 24, 2019). "Two presidential candidates have homes in Rehoboth". Cape Gazette. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Georgetown
Cities	Lewes Milford‡ Rehoboth Beach Seaford
Towns	Bethany Beach Bethel Blades Bridgeville Dagsboro Delmar Dewey Beach Ellendale Fenwick Island Frankford Georgetown Greenwood Henlopen Acres Laurel Millsboro Millville Milton Ocean View Selbyville Slaughter Beach South Bethany
CDPs	Lincoln Long Neck
Former towns	Nanticoke City North Laurel Roxana
Unincorporated communities	Adams Crossroads Adamsville‡ Angola Argos Corner Atlanta Bacons Bayard Belltown Blanchard Broad Creek Broadkill Beach Bunting Cannon Carpenters Corner Cedar Beach Cedar Creek Clarksville Concord Cool Spring Cross Keys Fairmount Federalsburg Flea Hill Gravel Hill Gumboro Harbeson Hollymount Hollyville Indian Beach Jimtown Johnson Lowe Middleford Midway Mission Nassau North Shores Oakley Oak Orchard Old Furnace Omar Overbrook Pepperbox Phillips Hill Pinetown Portsville Primehook Beach Quakertown Redden Reliance‡ Scotts Corner Shortly Staytonville Stockley Sussex Shores Sycamore Ward Warwick Wescoats Corner Westwoods Whaleys Corners Whitesville Williamsville Wood Branch Woodland Zoar
Hundreds	Baltimore Broad Creek Broadkill Cedar Creek Dagsboro Georgetown Gumboro Indian River Lewes & Rehoboth Little Creek Nanticoke Northwest Fork Seaford
Ghost towns	Banning New Market Owens Station Saint Johnstown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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