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Angola, Delaware
— Unincorporated community —
Angola, Delaware
Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 75°10′29″W / 38.67083°N 75.17472°W / 38.67083; -75.17472Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 75°10′29″W / 38.67083°N 75.17472°W / 38.67083; -75.17472
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	302
GNIS feature ID	216757^[1]

Angola, also referred to as Angola by the Bay, is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Angola is located on an inlet of Rehoboth Bay and is near Delaware Route 24. Angola took its name from the slaves from Angola who were imported to the community. The community had a post office until 1937.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angola, Delaware
^ Delaware Federal Writers' Project (1948). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. US History Publishers. pp. 549. http://books.google.com/books?id=vJ5OeFvqWRAC.

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County seat: Georgetown

Cities	Lewes \| Milford‡ \| Rehoboth Beach \| Seaford

Towns	Bethany Beach \| Bethel \| Blades \| Bridgeville \| Dagsboro \| Delmar \| Dewey Beach \| Ellendale \| Fenwick Island \| Frankford \| Georgetown \| Greenwood \| Henlopen Acres \| Laurel \| Millsboro \| Millville \| Milton \| Ocean View \| Selbyville \| Slaughter Beach \| South Bethany

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Unincorporated communities	Angola \| Argo's Corner \| Atlanta \| Bacons \| Bayard \| Belltown \| Blackwater Beach \| Broad Creek \| Broadkill Beach \| Bryans Store \| Cannon \| Cave Colony \| Cedar Creek \| Clarksville \| Cocked Hat \| Concord \| Cool Spring \| Coverdale Crossroads \| Cross Keys \| Fairmount \| Federalsburg \| Five Points \| Flea Hill \| Fowler Beach \| Green Hill \| Gum Crossroads \| Gumboro \| Harbeson \| Hardscrabble \| Hearns Crossroads \| Holiday Acres \| Hollymount \| Hollyville \| Israel Haul \| Jimtown \| Johnson \| Knowles Crossroads \| Lake Pines \| Lincoln \| Lowe \| Marshtown \| McDonalds Crossroads \| Middleford \| Middlesex Beach \| Midnight Thicket \| Midway \| Mission \| Morris Mill \| Mount Joy \| Nassau \| Oakley \| Oak Orchard \| Old Furnace \| Omar \| Owens \| Pepperbox \| Phillips Hill \| Pinetown \| Piney Grove \| Piney Grove Manor \| Pusey Crossroads \| Redden \| Reliance \| Riverview \| Roxana \| Saulsbury Switch \| Shortly \| Springfield Crossroads \| Stockley \| Trinity \| Tussock Pond \| Ward \| Warwick \| Westwoods \| Whaleys Corners \| Whaleys Crossroads \| Whitesville \| Williamsville \| Wood Branch \| Woodland Heights \| Zoar

Hundreds	Baltimore \| Broad Creek \| Broadkill \| Cedar Creek \| Dagsboro \| Georgetown \| Gumboro \| Indian River \| Lewes & Rehoboth \| Little Creek \| Nanticoke \| Northwest Fork \| Seaford

Ghost towns	Owens Station \| Saint Johnstown

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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