Cheswold is a town in Kent County in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,923 in 2020. The town was incorporated in 1856 following the construction of the Delaware Railroad. When the town was founded, the population consisted of Lenape, blacks, and whites; the latter were mainly of Dutch descent. …Cheswold is a town in Kent County in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,923 in 2020. The town was incorporated in 1856 following the construction of the Delaware Railroad. When the town was founded, the population consisted of Lenape, blacks, and whites; the latter were mainly of Dutch descent. Given intermarriage among the workers over time, some residents were multi-racial people. They were referred to as Cheswold Moors. The town was home to a railroad station called Leipsic Station, named for the nearby town of Leipsic, and the ancestral German city of Leipzig of some colonists.
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