Kent County

county in Delaware, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_delaware Q128137
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Summary

Kent County is a county of Delaware[1]. It draws 751 Wikipedia views per month (county of delaware category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Delaware[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Dover[6]
  • Shares border with: New Castle County[7], Sussex County[8], Caroline County[9], Queen Anne's County[10], Kent County[11]
  • Named after: Kent[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Dover[13]
  • Commons category: Kent County, Delaware[14]
  • Inception: January 1, 1683[15]
  • Coordinate location: 39.1, -75.5[16]
  • Official website: http://www.co.kent.de.us[17], https://www.kentcountyde.gov[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kent County, Delaware[19]
  • Population: 162,310[20], 162,922[21], 165,189[22], 167,540[23], 169,416[24], 173,533[25], 181,851[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Kent County, Delaware[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Delaware[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kent County, Delaware[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kent County, Delaware[30]
  • Number of households: 67,299[31]
  • Native label: Kent County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108004[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kent County, Delaware[34]
  • Different from: Kent County[35]
  • Area: 2072[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 26.6[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kent County, Delaware[38]

Why It Matters

Kent County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Kent County, Delawa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Kent County, Delaware.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential"
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Kent County, Kent County, Kent County +1
    Inception → +1683-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Kent County, Delaware
    Country → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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