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Lewes, Delaware
Ciudad
Second Street in downtown Lewes in 2006
Second Street en el centro de Lewes en 2006
Official seal of Lewes, Delaware
Sello
Apodo (s): 
Primera ciudad, primer estado
Lema (s): 
"La primera ciudad en el primer estado" [1]
Location of Lewes in Sussex County, Delaware.
Ubicación de Lewes en el condado de Sussex, Delaware.
Lewes is located in Delaware
Lewes
Lewes
Ubicación dentro del estado de Delaware
Lewes is located in the United States
Lewes
Lewes
Lewes (Estados Unidos)
Coordenadas: 38 ° 46′28 ″ N 75 ° 08′22 ″ W / 38.77444°N 75.13944°W / 38.77444; -75.13944 Coordenadas : 38 ° 46′28 ″ N 75 ° 08′22 ″ W  / 38.77444°N 75.13944°W / 38.77444; -75.13944
PaísEstados Unidos
ExpresarDelaware
condadoSussex
Fundado3 de junio de 1631
Incorporado2 de febrero de 1818
Gobierno
 • AlcaldeTheodore W. Becker [2]
Área[3]
 • Total13,25 km 2 (5,12 mi 2 )
 • Tierra4,19 millas cuadradas (10,86 km 2 )
 • Agua0,92 millas cuadradas (2,39 km 2 )
Elevación13 pies (4 m)
Población ( 2010 )
 • Total2,747
 • Estimación (2019) [4]3.322
 • Densidad792,46 / mi2 (305,99 / km 2 )
Demonym (s)Lewesiano
Zona horariaUTC-5 ( Este (EST) )
 • Verano ( DST )UTC − 4 (EDT)
código postal
19958
Código (s) de área302
Código FIPS10-41830
ID de función GNIS214214 [5]
Sitio webSitio web de la ciudad de Lewes Delaware

Lewes ( / l ü . Ə s / LOO-ISS ) [6] es una ciudad incorporada en la bahía de Delaware , en el este del condado de Sussex, Delaware , Estados Unidos. Según el censo de 2010, la población es de 2.747. [7] Junto con la vecina Rehoboth Beach , Lewes es una de las principales ciudades de la región del Cabo de rápido crecimiento de Delaware . La ciudad se encuentra dentro del área estadística metropolitana de Salisbury, Maryland – Delaware . Lewes afirma con orgullo ser "La primera ciudad del primer estado".

Historia [ editar ]

Lewes fue el sitio del primer asentamiento europeo en Delaware , un puesto comercial y de caza de ballenas que los colonos holandeses fundaron el 3 de junio de 1631 y lo llamaron Zwaanendael (Swan Valley). [8] La colonia tuvo una corta existencia, ya que una tribu local de nativos americanos de Lenape acabó con los 32 colonos en 1632.

El área permaneció bastante descuidada por los holandeses hasta que, bajo la amenaza de anexión de la colonia de Maryland , la ciudad de Amsterdam hizo una concesión de tierras en Hoernkills (el área alrededor del cabo Henlopen, cerca de la actual ciudad de Lewes) a un grupo. de menonitas para su asentamiento en 1662. Un total de 35 hombres iban a ser incluidos en el asentamiento, dirigido por Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy de Zierikzee y financiado por un préstamo considerable de la ciudad para establecerlos. El asentamiento se estableció en 1663 y duró hasta el año siguiente; en 1664, los ingleses capturaron Nueva Holanda a los holandeses, y ordenaron que el asentamiento fuera arrasado con informes que indicaban que "ni un clavo" quedaba allí. [9]

Los colonos holandeses demostraron ser lentos para reagruparse, pero un nuevo asentamiento volvió a crecer gradualmente alrededor de Hoernkills. A fines de diciembre de 1673, cuando los holandeses volvieron a ocupar el área brevemente, un grupo de colonos de Maryland atacó y quemó nuevamente el asentamiento . En 1680, bajo la autoridad del duque de York , a quien su hermano, el rey Carlos II , le había concedido dicha autoridad , la aldea (y el condado) se reorganizó y se conoció durante dos años como New Deale, condado de Deale, Delaware. En ese momento se autorizó la construcción de un tribunal de troncos. En 1681 se estableció una congregación anglicana y en 1682 se construyó una iglesia presbiteriana.

En 1682, el rey Carlos II entregó las colonias de Delaware a William Penn como pago de una deuda familiar. Cuando Penn llegó al Nuevo Mundo más tarde ese año, cambió el nombre del condado como Sussex y el asentamiento de Hoernkills como Lewes, en conmemoración de los sitios en Inglaterra . Lewes se convirtió y siguió siendo la sede del condado de Sussex hasta 1791, cuando se trasladó a una ubicación más al oeste del condado, la actual ciudad de Georgetown . [10] La ciudad también se conocía como "Lewistown" o "Lewestown". [11] [12] [13] [14]

El 6 y 7 de abril de 1813, durante la Guerra de 1812 , los buques de la Royal Navy liderados por el HMS Poictiers bajo el mando del Capitán Sir John Beresford bombardearon breve e ineficazmente la ciudad. Una bala de cañón del bombardeo está alojada en los cimientos de Cannonball House, que ahora sirve como museo marítimo de la ciudad.

Lewes fue incorporada por una ley de la asamblea estatal el 2 de febrero de 1818. La ley disponía que cinco personas fueran elegidas como comisionados para ser conocidos como "Fideicomisarios del Pueblo de Lewes". [15] [16]

La playa de Lewes en sí fue una parada importante en el ferrocarril subterráneo en los años previos a la Guerra Civil estadounidense . Como "estado fronterizo", Delaware no formaba parte de la Confederación , pero seguía siendo bastante peligroso para los esclavos fugitivos. Varias casas en Lewes albergaban así a esclavos fugitivos; estas "casas seguras" fueron identificadas por los residentes colocando una sola vela en la ventana superior de la casa. [1]

En 1941, Estados Unidos construyó Fort Miles en Cape Henlopen , inmediatamente al sur de Lewes, para defender la bahía de Delaware y el río Delaware y las refinerías y fábricas de petróleo en sus costas, así como la ciudad de Filadelfia .

Fort Miles nunca vio ninguna acción importante; a excepción de la práctica de tiro, disparó sus armas sólo una vez entre su establecimiento y el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial . Fort Miles dejó de operar por completo en 1991 y fue cedido al estado de Delaware.

Cataratas del buque faro , conservado como atracción turística.

Además de Fort Miles, el distrito arqueológico de Cape Henlopen , Coleman House , Cool Spring Presbyterian Church , De Vries Palisade , Delaware Breakwater y Lewes Harbor , Fisher Homestead , Fisher's Paradise , Col.David Hall House , Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm , Lewes Historic District , Lewes Presbyterian Church , Lightship WAL 539 , Maull House , National Harbor of Refuge y Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District , Pagan Creek Dike ,Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck , William Russell House , St. George's Chapel, Lewes , Townsend Site y Wolfe's Neck están incluidos en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos . [17]

Historia de la alcaldía [ editar ]

  • Theodore Becker 2014-presente
  • James Ford III 2004-2014
  • George HP Smith 1994–2004
  • Dr. John Adams 1992–1994
  • Al Stango 1968–1992
  • Otis H. Smith 1950–1968
  • H. Edward Maull 1944–1950
  • Thomas H. Carpenter 1940–1944
  • William E. Walsh 1938–1940
  • David W. Burbage 1936–1938
  • Dr. Ulysses W. Hocker 1931–1936
  • Dr. James T. Thompson 1927-1930 (falleció en el cargo el 20 de mayo de 1930)
  • Willard H. Collins 1926–1927
  • Dr. James T. Thompson 1914–1926
  • Thomas B. Schellenger 1913–1914
  • Dr. James T. Thompson 1900–1913
  • Alfred L. Burton 1898-1900 [16]

Hogar de gobernadores [ editar ]

Seis hombres que se desempeñaron como gobernador de Delaware nacieron o hicieron su hogar en Lewes. Tres de los hombres vivían en la calle Second de Lewes. Los hermanos Daniel y Caleb Rodney, hijos de John Rodney, primo hermano de Caesar Rodney , se desempeñaron como gobernador de Delaware. Daniel fue miembro del Partido Federalista de 1814 a 1817, mientras que Caleb se desempeñó como gobernador interino de 1822 a 1823. Ebe Walters Tunnell se mudó a Lewes en 1873 para ingresar al negocio de las drogas y el hardware en parte de la antigua Caleb Rodney House en Segunda calle. Tunnell se abrió camino en la jerarquía del gobierno estatal antes de postularse sin éxito para gobernador en 1892. Cuatro años más tarde, el demócrata ganó las elecciones y sirvió desde 1897 hasta 1901. [18]

Lema y nombre de la ciudad [ editar ]

As Lewes was the earliest settlement in the state, and Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, the town refers to itself as "The First Town in the First State."[1][19] Lewes is named after the town of Lewes in England,[20] which is situated in a county named Sussex (from which Sussex County, Delaware, takes its name).[21] Lewes, Sussex, England, also has the same seal.

Geography[edit]

Lewes is located at 38°46′28″N 75°08′22″W / 38.77444°N 75.13944°W / 38.77444; -75.13944 (38.7745565, -75.1393498).[22]

1655 Ryves Holt House, the oldest structure in Delaware

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), of which 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km2) is land, and 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) (14.69%) is water.

Climate[edit]

Situated on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Lewes's weather is moderated by the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay. Lewes has a mild humid subtropical climate (Cfa) consisting of hot, humid summers and mild winters. The average daytime high in July is 87 °F (30.6 °C) and a low of 70 °F (21 °C); in January, the average high is 45 °F (7 °C) with an average low of 30 °F (-1 °C)[23] The month of highest average rainfall is July with 4.78 inches of rain, while February is historically the driest month, receiving an average of only 3.23 inches (80.5 mm) of rain.[23]

The highest official temperature ever recorded in Lewes was 102 °F (38.8 °C) in 1997. The lowest official temperature ever recorded in Lewes was -11 °F (-28.8 °C) in 1982.

Climate data for Lewes, Delaware
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)78
(26)		86
(30)		89
(32)		92
(33)		97
(36)		102
(39)		101
(38)		101
(38)		98
(37)		92
(33)		88
(31)		77
(25)		102
(39)
Average high °F (°C)45
(7)		48
(9)		55
(13)		65
(18)		74
(23)		83
(28)		87
(31)		85
(29)		79
(26)		69
(21)		59
(15)		49
(9)		67
(19)
Average low °F (°C)30
(−1)		31
(−1)		37
(3)		46
(8)		55
(13)		65
(18)		70
(21)		69
(21)		63
(17)		52
(11)		43
(6)		34
(1)		50
(10)
Record low °F (°C)−11
(−24)		0
(−18)		9
(−13)		18
(−8)		32
(0)		40
(4)		47
(8)		47
(8)		37
(3)		26
(−3)		16
(−9)		0
(−18)		−11
(−24)
Average precipitation inches (mm)3.62
(92)		3.23
(82)		4.40
(112)		3.59
(91)		3.72
(94)		3.39
(86)		4.78
(121)		4.73
(120)		4.04
(103)		3.94
(100)		3.66
(93)		3.85
(98)		46.95
(1,192)
Source: The Weather Channel[24]
Climate data for Lewes, Delaware (Ocean Water Temperature).
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Daily mean °F (°C)37
(3)		36
(2)		41
(5)		51
(11)		60
(16)		68
(20)		73
(23)		76
(24)		72
(22)		62
(17)		52
(11)		44
(7)		56
(13)
Source: NOAA [25]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18701,090—
19002,259—
19102,158−4.5%
19202,074−3.9%
19301,923−7.3%
19402,24616.8%
19502,90429.3%
19603,0254.2%
19702,563−15.3%
19802,197−14.3%
19902,2954.5%
20002,93227.8%
20102,747−6.3%
2019 (est.)3,322[4]20.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[26]

As of the census[27] of 2000, there were 2,932 people, 1,338 households, and 797 families residing in the city. The population density was 801.5 people per square mile (309.3/km2). There were 2,368 housing units at an average density of 647.3 per square mile (249.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 87.31% White, 9.89% African American, 0.14% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.72% from other races, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.67% of the population.

There were 1,338 households, out of which 15.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.53.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 13.6% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 18.0% from 25 to 44, 31.5% from 45 to 64, and 33.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $66,387, and the median income for a family was $72,605. Males had a median income of $39,500 versus $35,227 for females. The per capita income for the city was $36,685. About 3.1% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education[edit]

University of Delaware's wind turbine seen from Canary Creek

Lewes is served by the Cape Henlopen School District. Lewes is home to:

  • Cape Henlopen High School
  • Richard Shields Elementary School
  • Sussex Consortium
  • University of Delaware Lewes campus

The University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus is also within the city. This is home to the University's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

Lewes students are also eligible to enter Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is not in the city but is in the nearby city of Georgetown, DE.

Arts and culture[edit]

Museums and other points of interest[edit]

Based on the Statenlogement building in Hoorn, the Netherlands, used as a women's club starting 1930, now the Zwaanendael Museum

Lewes serves as a vacation and resort spot popular with residents of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding suburbs. Even though the city limits primarily sit on the lower reach of the Delaware Bay, it is nonetheless considered an ocean resort, particularly as the ocean is nearby at Cape Henlopen. Lewes is among those communities which have banned smoking in its public parks.[28]

Lewes is the home of the Zwaanendael Museum, which features exhibits about Delaware's history. Savannah, Second and Front Streets are the town's main streets and have many shops, restaurants, parks and historical venues. Fisherman's Wharf is a dock that stretches along the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. It features multiple restaurants and bait shops, and in season the dock hosts hundreds of boats from all over.

The Lewes Historical Society promotes the preservation, interpretation and cultural enrichment of the Lewes region through museum exhibits, educational programs, historical research and publications.[29]

Lewes in Bloom is an organization that promotes and maintains the beauty of Historic Lewes. Lewes in Bloom won America in Bloom's contest in 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2015 for cities with population under 5,000. In 2012 and 2015 Lewes in Bloom was honored in the AIB “Circle of Champions”.[30]

Lighthouses[edit]

Lighthouse in the National Harbor of Refuge

United States Lightship Overfalls (LV-118/WAL-539), one of nine surviving lightships at museums in the United States, is moored in Lewes along the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal

Lewes is home to several iconic Lighthouses in the Delaware Bay. Just offshore lies the National Harbor of Refuge which is home to the Delaware Breakwater East End Light and the Harbor of Refuge Light.

Parks and recreation[edit]

Lewes Beach on the Delaware Bay
Lewes Beach with sunbeams

Lewes is adjacent to Cape Henlopen State Park. Lewes also maintains several parks within the city limits:

  • Blockhouse Pond Park
  • Stango Park
  • Zwaanendael Park & Herb Garden
  • 1812 Memorial Park (Cannonball Park)
  • Mary Vessels Park
  • George H.P. Smith Park
  • Canalfront Park & Marina
  • Lewes Beach
  • Great Marsh Park[31]

DNREC maintains a boat ramp just outside the city limits along the Broadkill River, adjacent to the Roosevelt Inlet.

Infrastructure[edit]

Transportation[edit]

The Lewes terminal of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry

Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) passes just outside city limits at Five Points where DE 1, U.S. Route 9 (US 9), DE 404, DE 23 and DE 1D (Plantation Road) intersect. There are three main arterial roads that connect Lewes to DE 1: New Road, Savannah Road (US 9 Business) and King's Highway (US 9). US 9 passes to the southeast of the city on the Theodore C. Freeman Memorial Highway.[32] Parking meters are in effect for on-street parking and parking lots in the downtown area between May 1 and October 14 and at parking lots at Lewes Beach between May 1 and September 30.[33]

The southern terminus of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry is located in Lewes. The ferry provides passenger and automobile ferry service between southern Delaware and southern New Jersey, crossing the Delaware Bay to North Cape May, New Jersey, and serves as part of US 9. The ferry crossing is 17 miles (27 km) long and takes 85 minutes.[32][34] Cape Water Tours & Taxi operates a round-trip water taxi service between Lewes and Dewey Beach via the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Friday evenings in the summer months, offering access to dining and nightlife in Dewey Beach.[35]

DART First State operates the Lewes Transit Center park and ride just outside Lewes along DE 1. The transit center serves local bus routes providing service across Sussex County, with expanded Beach Bus service to the Delaware Beaches in the summer months, and inter-county bus service to other part of Delaware. This park and ride serves the Route 201 bus to the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk, the Route 203 bus to Dewey Beach, the Route 204 bus which heads along Savannah Road into Lewes to Cape Henlopen Drive and the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal, and the Route 206 bus to Georgetown. The Route 305 "Beach Connection" bus provides service on weekends and holidays in the summer to the Lewes Transit Center Park and Ride from Wilmington, the Christiana Mall, Middletown, Dover, and Frederica, with service continuing south to Rehoboth Beach. The Route 307 bus provides year-round service to Milford, Frederica, and Dover.[36][37] The Delaware Department of Transportation built the Lewes Transit Center Park and Ride, with groundbreaking taking place on March 9, 2016 and the park and ride opening in May 2017.[38][39] The Delaware River and Bay Authority operates a shuttle bus route in the summer months that connects the Cape May–Lewes Ferry to the Tanger Outlets and Rehoboth Beach.[40]

Lewes was served by a branch of the Delaware Coast Line Railroad that originated in Georgetown, whereupon transfers could be made to trains north to Dover and Wilmington.[32] Passenger trains operated on this branch by its predecessor company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, but ended between 1936 and 1938.[41][42] The Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway operated a passenger train route from Lewes that followed a path to the north of the DCL route. It followed a path through Milton, Ellendale, Greenwood, crossing the state border into Maryland, then continuing further west to Love Point, whereupon travelers would connect with a ferry to Baltimore.[43] This service was replaced by bus service by early 1932.[44]

A rail with trail known as the Georgetown-Lewes Trail opened along the railroad line on October 19, 2016, with future plans to extend the trail to Georgetown.[45] In 2017, it was announced the Delaware Coast Line Railroad would be abandoned between Cool Spring and Lewes after the swing bridge over the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal was closed due to being structurally unsound and repairs were determined to be too costly.[46] The Junction and Breakwater Trail is a rail trail for bicyclists and hikers that connects Lewes and Rehoboth Beach, running 6 miles (9.7 km) mostly along a former Penn Central Railroad right-of-way.[47][48]

Utilities[edit]

The Lewes Board of Public Works (BPW) provides electricity, water, and sewer service to the city. The BPW was established by an act of the Delaware General Assembly on March 15, 1901.[49] Lewes formerly had a power plant that generated electricity for the city, but the plant's usage was reduced as the city brought in power from outside and the plant was shut down in the 1970s due to rising fuel costs. Lewes currently purchases power from Constellation which is transmitted to the city over Delmarva Power lines.[50] The BPW is a member of the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation.[51] Trash collection is provided by the city while recycling collection is provided under contract by Republic Services.[52][53] Natural gas service in Lewes is provided by Chesapeake Utilities.[54]

Health care[edit]

Beebe Healthcare Medical Center is located in Lewes, founded in 1916 by the brothers, Drs. James Beebe and Richard C. Beebe.[55] The hospital's name was changed to Beebe Healthcare in 2013 and 2016 marked its 100th anniversary.[56]

Notable events[edit]

On August 21, 2013, a helicopter reportedly dumped $10,000 in multiple dollar bill denominations over Lewes Harbor in the fulfillment of a deceased local resident's last wish.[57]

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External links[edit]

  • Lewes, Delaware travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Official website
  • The Lewes Historical Society
  • Lewes, DE Information
  • City-Data.com Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Lewes