Located in the southern-most portion of the First State, Sussex County is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and bordered by the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland to the south and west. At 938 square miles, Sussex County is the largest county in Delaware and on the tri-state Delmarva Peninsula. Its clean, five-star rated beaches are a favorite retreat – and just a short, 90-minute drive away for people traveling from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md. to Wilmington, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa. Just a few miles inland from the coast, farms fill the landscape, rivers roll through historic communities, and life is a bit more relaxed away from bright lights of the big cities.
