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Cannon, Delaware

Coordinates:38°41′58″N75°36′54″W/ 38.69944°N 75.61500°W/38.69944; -75.61500
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Cannon, Delaware
Cannon is located in Delaware
Cannon
Cannon
Cannon is located in the United States
Cannon
Cannon
Coordinates:38°41′58″N75°36′54″W/ 38.69944°N 75.61500°W/38.69944; -75.61500
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Time zoneUTC-5(Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)UTC-4(EDT)
Area code302
GNISfeature ID213752[1]

Cannonis anunincorporated communityinSussex County,Delaware,United States. Cannon is located onDelaware Route 18south ofBridgeville.

Child laborerAlberta McNadd on Chester Truitt's farm at Cannon, 1910.

History

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Cannon's population was 25 in 1890,[2]16 in 1900,[3]and 150 in 1960.[4]

References

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  1. ^"US Board on Geographic Names".United States Geological Survey.October 25, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 31,2008.
  2. ^Cram, George Franklin (1887).Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States.G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  3. ^Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition.J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  4. ^World Book Encyclopedia.Vol. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.