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Template:Adoption DEGenWeb Guides to historical place names in Delaware include:

• Heck, L. W. Delaware Place Names. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966. FHL Book 975.1 E2h.

• U.S. Geological Survey. National Gazetteer of the United States: Delaware 1983. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1984. FHL Book 975.1 E5n. This book has names of places, a map of Delaware "hundreds" (these are county subdivisions similar to townships) and an alphabetical list of geographical sites, such as cemeteries and churches that are named on topographical survey maps.

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