12 Facts About Lewes Delaware

In 1682, the Lewes Delaware colonies were given to William Penn by King Charles II as payment for a family debt.

Lewes Delaware became and remained the county seat of Sussex County until 1791, when it was moved to a more west-central county location, the current town of Georgetown.

Lewes Delaware Beach itself was an important stop on the Underground Railroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.

Several houses in Lewes Delaware thus housed escaping enslaved people; these "safe houses" were identified by the residents placing a single candle in the top window of the house.

Six men who served as Delaware governor were born in or made their home in Lewes.

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Lewes Delaware has a mild humid subtropical climate consisting of hot, humid summers and mild winters.

Sussex Consortium, a school for students with autism previously in the former Lewes Delaware School, is in an unincorporated area with a Lewes Delaware address.

Lewes Delaware students are eligible to enter Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is not in the city but is in the nearby city of Georgetown.

Lewes Delaware is among those communities which have banned smoking in its public parks.

Lewes Delaware in Bloom is an organization that promotes and maintains the beauty of Historic Lewes Delaware.

Lewes Delaware has a United States Coast Guard Marine safety detachment.

Lewes Delaware formerly had a power plant that generated electricity for the city, but the plant's usage was reduced as the city brought in power from outside and the plant was shut down in the 1970s due to rising fuel costs.