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State:     Delaware

City:       Smyrna

Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2008, the population of the town is 8,603.

The international jurist John Bassett Moore was born in Smyrna, as were politicians Louis McLane and James Williams.

The Old Town Hall was built between 1869 and 1879. The first floor housed the Town Office, the Smyrna Library, and the Police Station including the jail. In 1887, an addition was completed to add the Fire Department. The Smyrna Opera House was located on the second floor, and the third floor was used as a meeting room for various local lodges.

In 1887, the Opera House occupied the second floor of Old Town Hall when an enlargement program added the current stage and expanded the usability of the building. Until the 1920s when the second floor was converted into a picture palace, the Opera House presented a wide variety of events such as:

·                        Entertainment

·                        Musical evenings

·                        Dances

·                        Fund-raising dinners

·                        Teacher institutes

·                        Lectures

·                        Graduations

·                        Debates

·                        Other community activities

Among the notables who appeared there were Frederick Douglass, William Jennings Bryan, Olive Logan, Lucy Stoner, and General Tom Thumb. Exhibiting the most popular films of the era, first as silent films and then as talkies, the Roxy provided enjoyment to two generations of area residents until the 1948 Christmas fire.

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2008: $49,555 (it was $36,212 in 2000)

Smyrna:	$49,555
Delaware:	$57,989

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $22,716

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $204,593 (it was $98,300 in 2000)

Smyrna:	$204,593
Delaware:	$250,900

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Smyrna: 83.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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