Ward is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

It lies adjacent to Wards Branch, a stream which is 3.3 mi (5.3 km) long.

[3] Ward is 2 mi (3.2 km) north of the Maryland-Delaware boundary, which is known as the Transpeninsular Line.

[7] This store was the site of a number of Democratic Party public events.

[10] In 1937, the Ward and Whitesville areas were the site of severe wildfires, with the Delaware State Forestry Commission stating, "The largest forest fires of the period occurred in the Whitesville — Ward's Store — Pepper Box section of Little Creek and Gumboro Hundreds in Sussex County".