Reliance, Delaware

Reliance, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Reliance
Reliance
Coordinates: 38°38′7″N 75°42′23″W / 38.63528°N 75.70639°W / 38.63528; -75.70639Coordinates: 38°38′7″N 75°42′23″W / 38.63528°N 75.70639°W / 38.63528; -75.70639
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Elevation 43 ft (13 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID 214538[1]

Reliance is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Reliance is along Delaware Route 20 at the Maryland border west of Seaford.[2] In Maryland, it used to be known as Johnson's Crossroads.[3]

See also

Notable people

Patty Cannon (early 19th century), was an illegal slave trader and the leader of the Cannon-Johnson Gang of Maryland-Delaware

References

  1. "Reliance". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. Kaminkow, Marion J. Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Magna Carta Book Company, 1985. p285


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