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Millsboro is a town in Sussex County, Delaware. According to Town estimates, the 2018 population is approximately 6,500, and, based on US Census Bureau estimates, Millsboro's annual population growth rate is around 12%. The Town has the highest growth rate of any municipality in inland Sussex County and, according to the University of Delaware, issued the 2nd-highest number of residential building permits of any city in the State of Delaware. The Town is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

State temperature records

On July 21, 1930, the temperature in Millsboro rose to 110 °F (43 °C), the highest temperature ever recorded in Delaware. On January 17, 1893, the temperature fell to -17 °F (-27 °C) in Millsboro, the coldest temperature experienced in the state. Millsboro is one of only three cities in the United States to record both its state's extreme temperatures, the others being Chester, Massachusetts and Warsaw, Missouri.

History

The Robert Davis Farmhouse, Harmon School, Isaac Harmon Farmhouse, Harmony Church, Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm, Indian Mission Church, Indian Mission School, Indian River Archeological Complex, Johnson School, Perry-Shockley House, Warren's Mill, and Warren T. Wright Farmhouse Site at and near Millsboro are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Millsboro is located at 38°35′29″N 75°17′29″W (38.5915023, -75.2913018).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²), of which 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) (10.82%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,360 people, 1,045 households, and 619 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,367.9 people per square mile (526.7/km²). There were 1,153 housing units at an average density of 668.3 per square mile (257.3/km²).