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Portsville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°33′43″N 75°37′48″W / 38.56194°N 75.63000°W / 38.56194; -75.63000
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	216186

Portsville is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Portsville is located on the southern bank of Broad Creek, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southwest of Bethel. The Portsville Lighthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Portsville.

There is an 8.6 acre pond nearby called Tussock Pond.

References

1. "Portsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. "Tussock Pond" (PDF). Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

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County seat: Georgetown
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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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Hundreds	Baltimore Broad Creek Broadkill Cedar Creek Dagsboro Georgetown Gumboro Indian River Lewes & Rehoboth Little Creek Nanticoke Northwest Fork Seaford
Ghost towns	Banning New Market Owens Station Saint Johnstown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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