| Official Name: | Bacons, Delaware |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bacons |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Delaware |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sussex |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 33 |
| Coordinates: | 38.5083°N -75.5697°W |
| Area Code: | 302 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 216022[1] |
Bacons is an unincorporated community located four miles north of the Maryland state line in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Also known as Bacon Switch, the site was once a thriving railroad switch point in the late 19th century. The site between Delmar and Laurel, Delaware had a number of small stores. It was named after the Bacon family, who started a farm there, before expanding into the sawmill and basket making business. Parents Thomas and Amelia Bacon, had five sons: Frank, Albert, Thomas, William and Harry. The son Thomas designed a collapsible egg carrier in 1884 that was granted a US Patent, number 299715 https://patents.google.com/patent/US299715. The egg carrier was used to ship eggs to Philadelphia, where it would be collapsed and returned to the farmer. Thomas Bacon Jr. died in 1939.