Frankford Delaware Map

About Frankford, Delaware

Frankford is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 790. The population density is 418.4 people per km². Frankford is located at 38.5173°N, 75.2349°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Frankford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19945.

Frankford maintains a quiet posture amidst the flat, fertile lowlands where the moisture of the Atlantic lingers in the humid, heavy air. It lies 29.2 miles south-southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 159°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northwest of Ocean Pines. Vines Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the expansive sky and the shifting shades of the coastal plains. The Town Of Frankford Municipal Park offers a small, green anchor for the local horizon, providing a place where the wind carries the salt-tinged scent of the nearby Indian River Bay. Beyond these immediate boundaries, the terrain remains remarkably level, stretching toward distant, indistinct silhouettes that remind the observer of the gentle rise at Poke Hill, nine miles away, or the salt-crusted isolation of Burton Island.

Frankford traces its character to the patient industry of the soil and the persistent rhythm of the agricultural cycle that defines the regional economy. Long associated with the poultry trade and the deep-rooted legacies of Delaware’s rural labor, the local life persists with a steady, unadorned diligence that avoids the clamor of the more frequented beach zones to the east. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows across the fields and highlighting the utilitarian architecture that has served the inhabitants for generations. Whether one considers the distant, forested expanse of Wicomico State Forest or the seasonal influence of the tidal waters, Frankford remains a place defined by its own particular gravity, anchored firmly in the slow, seasonal pulse of the eastern peninsula.

About This Frankford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frankford, Delaware. Coordinates: 38.517336, -75.234911. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Frankford includes the ZIP code (19945), telephone area code (302), county seat of Sussex County (Georgetown), and school district assignment (Indian River School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.