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3About Slaughter Beach, DE
Slaughter Beach is a tiny coastal community of 400 people in Sussex County, accessible via Route 36 east from US Route 113 near Milford. The town sits between the Mispillion River and Delaware Bay, offering both river and bay access. Named after William Slaughter, who ran a whaling station here in the 1600s when whales frequented Delaware Bay.
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Slaughter Beach, DE is in United States, at 38.915, -75.309 - about 19 km north of Milton, DE.
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The closest airport to Slaughter Beach, DE is Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base, 37 km (about 36 min by car).