Townsend in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.3951, -75.6916
- Elevation
- 20 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 177
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 129 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Townsend, Delaware, United States
Get the current local time in Townsend, Delaware, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Townsend, United States
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Townsend
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Townsend, Delaware.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 7:26 PM Daylight 12 h 49 min Night 11 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 7:54 PM
Weather in Townsend right now
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Townsend and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01469
- 19734
- 23443
- 31331
- 37882
- 54175
- 59644
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Delaware
- Wilmington 70 898
- Dover 39 403
- Newark 33 817
- Middletown 20 372
- Bear 19 371
- Brookside 14 353
Other places named Townsend
- Townsend England, United Kingdom
- Townsend Montana, United States
- Townsend Massachusetts, United States
- Townsend New South Wales, Australia
- Townsend Tennessee, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Meadow Vista — 2.4 km
- Point Breeze — 3.0 km
- Forest — 3.4 km
- Fieldsboro — 3.8 km
- Blackbird — 3.9 km
- Sycamore Farms — 5.0 km
Townsend: clock, sun and surroundings
Today Townsend sees sunrise at 6:38 AM, sunset at 7:26 PM. Daylight comes out to 12 h 49 min.
The same hours are kept in Townsend and in nearby Middletown-Odessa and Middletown.
The postal code count for Townsend is 7.
Townsend keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−4, with daylight saving time Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Townsend?
- The time zone that includes Townsend is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Townsend?
- Daylight saving in Townsend: Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Townsend — what times?
- 6:38 AM and 7:26 PM.