Census Data for Lightfoots Furnace

As far as we can tell, Lightfoots Furnace<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 Lightfoots Furnace, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Blades
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blades is located in Sussex County
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Seaford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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Laurel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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Bridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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Galestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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Sharptown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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Delmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Ellendale is located in Sussex County
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Sussex County ...

Lightfoots Furnace is located in Sussex County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sussex County.

Miscellaneous Information for Lightfoots Furnace ...

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 Lightfoots Furnace:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Lightfoots Furnace:
- GNIS ID for Lightfoots Furnace: 217047
- GNIS ID for Sussex County: 217269
- GNIS ID for State of Delaware: 1779781

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 10 (Delaware)
- County Code: 005 (Sussex County)
- Place Code: 42120 (Lightfoots Furnace)
- State & County Code: 10/005 (Delaware / Sussex County)
- State & Place Code: 10/42120 (Delaware / Lightfoots Furnace)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Lightfoots Furnace 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 Lightfoots Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Lightfoots Furnace may originally have been Lightfoot's Furnace. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lightfoots Furnace might be written as Lightfoot Furnace. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Lightfoots Furnace.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.