Gumboro, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Millsboro Highway in Gumboro
Millsboro Highway in Gumboro
Gumboro is located in Delaware
Gumboro
Gumboro
Location within the state of Delaware
Gumboro is located in the United States
Gumboro
Gumboro
Gumboro (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°28′39″N 75°21′55″W / 38.47750°N 75.36528°W / 38.47750; -75.36528
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
43 ft (13 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19966
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216106[1]

Gumboro is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2006, legislation to establish Gumboro as an incorporated town was passed by the Delaware General Assembly, and was vetoed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner[2] as no civic government was to be immediately convened, leaving a gap in government from when the town was incorporated and left county control, until the election of a government.[3]

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) was first discovered in Gumboro in 1962 and thus has been known as Gumboro disease. This virus causes an immuno-suppressive disease in chickens. The disease is usually sub-clinical in birds less than two weeks of age and clinical disease is generally observed in birds over two weeks of age.

The town has a community center along Millsboro Highway that previously was used as a school house. The town is also home to Bayshore Community Church, a large church compared to others in the area.

The West Woods Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Gumboro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Gumboro: The little town that wasn't there | The News Journal | delawareonline.com". February 2, 2012. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly". legis.delaware.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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