Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula.

[3] It is part of the rapidly growing Cape Region and lies within the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Delaware General Assembly passed a charter on March 17, 1865, that recognized the Town of Milton as a municipality.

[4] History and Milton's shipbuilding heritage remain very important to the town, which is home to some of the finest Victorian and Colonial architecture in Delaware.

Several local businesses in the area are served by the Delmarva Central Railroad, which operates a branch that extends to Milton from Ellendale.

[7] The river passes through and feeds Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge to the east before entering Delaware Bay.

Delaware Route 5 is the main highway serving Milton, running on a north–south alignment through the center of town.

DART First State provides bus service to Milton along Route 303, which runs north to Dover and south to Georgetown.

In Milton, the summers are warm and muggy; the winters are very cold, wet, and windy; and it is partly cloudy year round.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit Milton for warm-weather activities are for the entire month of June and from mid August to early October.

The hot season lasts for 3.5 months, from June 1 to September 17, with an average daily high temperature above 77 °F.

The cold season lasts for 3.2 months, from December 5 to March 10, with an average daily high temperature below 52 °F.

The snowy period of the year lasts for 3.2 months, from December 7 to March 15, with a sliding 31-day snowfall of at least 1.0 inches.