Editing Georgetown, Delaware (section)

{{short description|Town and county seat in Delaware, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Georgetown, Delaware
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Sussex County Courthouse.jpg
| imagesize          = 250 px
| image_caption      = [[Sussex County Courthouse and the Circle]]
| image_flag         = GeorgetownDEflag.gif
| image_seal         = GeorgetownDEseal.png
| image_map          = File:Sussex County Delaware Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Georgetown Highlighted 1029090.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location of Georgetown in Sussex County, Delaware.
| pushpin_map        = Delaware#USA
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_label      = Georgetown
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Delaware

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Delaware]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Delaware|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = William E. West
| leader_title1      = Town Council Members
| leader_name1       = Christina Diaz-Malone (Ward 1), Tony Neal (Ward 2), Eric Evans (Ward 3), Penuel Barrett (Ward 4)
| leader_title2      = Town Manager
| leader_name2       = Eugene S. Dvornick, Jr.
| leader_title3      = Town Clerk
| leader_name3       = 
| leader_title4      = Police Chief
| leader_name4       = Ralph W. Holm, Jr.
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1791

<!-- Area -->| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_10.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 13.01
| area_land_km2      = 13.01
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.02
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.02
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 7134
| population_density_km2 = 548.50
| population_density_sq_mi = 1420.55
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 52
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|41|24|N|75|23|08|W|region:US-DE_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 19947
| area_code          = [[Area code 302|302]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 10-29090
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 213993<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|213993}}</ref>
| website            = [http://www.georgetowndel.com/ www.georgetowndel.com]
| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 
}}

'''Georgetown''' is a town and the [[county seat]] of [[Sussex County, Delaware]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/|title=The Delaware Census State Data Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231141632/http://stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/|archive-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref>

Georgetown is part of the [[Salisbury metropolitan area|Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area]].