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Cities Located in the 302 Area Code
The most populous cities in area code 302 are: Wilmington, Newark, Dover, New Castle, and Georgetown.
Other cities in the 302 area code include: Camden Wyoming, Milford, Bear, Hockessin, Middletown, Rehoboth Beach, Delmar, Lewes, Smyrna, Ocean View, Laurel, Selbyville, Dagsboro, Seaford, Bridgeville, Felton, Harbeson, Frederica, Harrington, Hartly, Millsboro, Milton, Greenwood, and Frankford.
About Wilmington, Newark, and Dover, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain.As of the 2015 United States Census estimate, the population of the city is 71,948, reflecting an increase of 1.5% from the 2010 Census. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD and Salem County, NJ, had an estimated 2015 population of 723,341. And the Delaware Valley metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, had a 2015 population of 6,069,875, and a combined statistical area of 7,183,479.
Newark [note 1] is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.
Dover is the capital and second-largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia - Wilmington - Camden, PA - NJ -DE- MD Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England. As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047.
What Time Zone is Area Code 302?
The 302 area code lies within the Eastern Daylight Time Zone (or EDT). The current time in Eastern Daylight Time is 06:12 AM on Dec 02, 2024.