Census Data for Shorts Corner
As far as we can tell, Shorts Corner<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 Shorts Corner, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Kenton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hartly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smyrna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marydel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Templeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leipsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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- Woodside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sudlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Kent County ...
Shorts Corner is located in Kent County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kent County.
Miscellaneous Information for Shorts Corner ...
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 Kent County or the community of Shorts Corner:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shorts Corner:
- GNIS ID for Shorts Corner: 216216
- GNIS ID for Kent County: 217271
- GNIS ID for State of Delaware: 1779781
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Shorts Corner 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 Shorts Corner.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Shorts Corner may originally have been Short's Corner. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shorts Corner might be written as Short Corner. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Shorts Corner. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |