Magnolia Delaware Map

About Magnolia, Delaware

Magnolia is a locality in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 277. The population density is 545.7 people per km². Magnolia is located at 39.0712°N, 75.4760°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Magnolia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19962.

Magnolia anchors itself amidst the flat, working earth of the interior, where the Beaver Gut Ditch carves a deliberate, muddy path through the fields. It lies 6.5 miles south-southeast of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 157°T), and is situated 2.9 miles southeast of Rising Sun-Lebanon. The air here holds the heavy, metallic scent of damp soil and turning leaves, a stillness that settles over the Chaslynd Hills as the light thins toward evening. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Cabin Ridge marks the limit of the horizon, while the terrain closer to home remains defined by the humble, slow-moving currents of the local drainage and the quiet expanse of farmland. The landscape possesses a stark, unadorned geometry, where the shadows of silos stretch long across the furrows and the wind moves with an unobstructed, singular purpose.

Magnolia carries the weight of a quiet, agrarian endurance, its economy stitched to the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent labor of the surrounding acreage. Residents look toward the stillness of Cypress Pond, a mere two miles away, as a place where the water reflects the sky with a mirror-like, ink-dark clarity. The character of Magnolia is forged in the persistence of its people, who have long tended to the inland crops and managed the slow transition of seasons without the interference of salt air or the frenetic pace of larger settlements. Life here is measured by the steady progress of the sun across the plains and the way the evening chill settles into the grasses, reminding everyone that the land dictates the terms of their survival.

About This Magnolia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Magnolia, Delaware. Coordinates: 39.071224, -75.476033. 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 Magnolia includes the ZIP code (19962), telephone area code (302), county seat of Kent County (Dover), and school district assignment (Caesar Rodney 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.