Census Data for Helms Landing
As far as we can tell, Helms Landing<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Helms Landing, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Dagsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Frankford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Millsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ocean View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Selbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fenwick Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henlopen Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henlopen Acres is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henlopen Acres
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- Rehoboth Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willards
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sussex County ...
Helms Landing is located in Sussex County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sussex County.
Miscellaneous Information for Helms Landing ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Sussex County or the community of Helms Landing:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Helms Landing:
- GNIS ID for Helms Landing: 215351
- GNIS ID for Sussex County: 217269
- GNIS ID for State of Delaware: 1779781
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Helms Landing is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Helms Landing.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Helms Landing may originally have been Helm's Landing. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Helms Landing might be written as Helm Landing. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Helms Landing. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Sussex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |