Reliance, Delaware and Maryland

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Unincorporated community in the United States

Reliance, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°38′07″N 75°42′23″W / 38.63528°N 75.70639°W / 38.63528; -75.70639
Country	United States
State	Delaware, Maryland
County	Sussex (DE), Caroline (MD), Dorchester (MD)
Elevation	43 ft (13 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	302, 410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID	214538

Reliance is an unincorporated community located on the border of the U.S. states of Maryland and Delaware. The Maryland side of the community has portions in Caroline and Dorchester counties, while the Delaware side is located within Sussex County. Reliance is along Delaware Route 20 and Maryland Route 392 at the junction with Maryland Route 577, west of Seaford. It was previously known as Johnson's Crossroads.

Notable person

Patty Cannon (c. 1760 or 1759 or 1769 – May 11, 1829) was an illegal slave trader and the co-leader of the Cannon-Johnson Gang of Maryland-Delaware, which operated for about a decade in the early 19th century kidnapping free blacks and refugee slaves to sell into slavery in the South, which came to be known as the Reverse Underground Railroad.

References

"Reliance". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reliance, Delaware and Maryland
Kaminkow, Marion J. Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Magna Carta Book Company, 1985. p285

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Georgetown
Cities	Lewes Milford‡ Rehoboth Beach Seaford	Map of Delaware highlighting Sussex County
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
CDPs	Lincoln Long Neck
Former towns	Nanticoke City North Laurel Roxana
Unincorporated communities	Adams Crossroads Adamsville‡ Angola Argos Corner Atlanta Bacons Bayard Belltown Blanchard Broad Creek Broadkill Beach Bunting Cannon Carpenters Corner Cedar Beach Cedar Creek Clarksville Concord Cool Spring Cross Keys Fairmount Federalsburg Flea Hill Gravel Hill Gumboro Harbeson Hollymount Hollyville Indian Beach Jimtown Johnson Lowe Middleford Midway Mission Nassau North Shores Oakley Oak Orchard Old Furnace Omar Overbrook Pepperbox Phillips Hill Pinetown Portsville Primehook Beach Quakertown Redden Reliance‡ Scotts Corner Shortly Staytonville Stockley Sussex Shores Sycamore Ward Warwick Wescoats Corner Westwoods Whaleys Corners Whitesville Williamsville Wood Branch Woodland Zoar
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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v t e Municipalities and communities of Caroline County, Maryland, United States
County seat: Denton
Towns	Denton Federalsburg Goldsboro Greensboro Henderson Hillsboro Marydel Preston Ridgely Templeville‡
CDPs	Choptank West Denton Williston
Unincorporated communities	American Corner Andersontown Baltimore Corner Bethlehem Brick Wall Landing Burrsville Gilpin Point Harmony Hickman Hobbs Hynson Jumptown Linchester Oakland Oil City Pealiquor Landing Reliance‡ Tanyard Two Johns Whiteleysburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
County seat: Cambridge
City	Cambridge
Towns	Brookview Church Creek East New Market Eldorado Galestown Hurlock Secretary Vienna
CDPs	Algonquin Elliott Fishing Creek Madison Taylors Island
Other communities	Airey Beulah Bishops Head Bucktown Crapo Crocheron Hoopersville Linkwood Lloyds Reliance‡ Rhodesdale Toddville Waddells Corner Whitehall Williamsburg Wingate Woolford
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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