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New Castle County, Delaware

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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—digitized titles
421historic places
—earliest paper
1673formed
570,719pop. 2020
46cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 421 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 12 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Wilmington, Newark, Odessa.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

290 of 421 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

421 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
901 Mt. Lebanon Rd.RocklandBuilding2017
Academy of NewarkNewarkBuilding1976
AchmesterMiddletownDistrict1979
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2NewarkBuilding1982
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1NewarkBuilding1982
African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron HillNewarkBuilding2021
Aiken's Tavern Historic DistrictNewarkDistrict1977
Air Service, Inc. Hangar at Bellanca AirfieldNew CastleBuilding2005
Allen, Charles, HouseChristinaBuilding1983
American Vulcanized Fibre Company-Wilmington PlantWilmingtonBuilding2020
Amstel HouseNew CastleBuilding1977
Anderson HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Appoquinimink Friends MeetinghouseOdessaBuilding1972
ArchmereClaymontBuilding1992
Ardens Historic DistrictArdenDistrict2003
Armor, James, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1992
Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.NewportBuilding1993
Armstrong, A., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Armstrong-Walker HouseMiddletownBuilding1985
Ashland BridgeAshlandStructure1973
Ashton Historic DistrictPort PennDistrict1978
Auburn Mills Historic DistrictYorklynDistrict1980
Augustine Beach HotelPort PennBuilding1973
Augustine Paper MillWilmingtonBuilding1978
Baily HouseNewarkBuilding1982
Bancroft and Sons Cotton MillsWilmingtonDistrict1984
Bank of Newark BuildingNewarkBuilding1983
Bartley-Tweed FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Baynard Boulevard Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1979
Beard, Duncan, SiteOdessaSite1973
Beaver Valley Rock Shelter SiteWilmingtonSite1978
Bell FarmhouseNewarkBuilding1983
BelleviewMiddletownBuilding1985
Bellevue Range Rear Light StationWilmingtonStructure2006
Belmont HallNewarkBuilding1983
Biddle HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1978
Biggs, Gov. Benjamin T., FarmMiddletownBuilding1987
BloomfieldSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
Blue Hen FarmNewarkBuilding1983
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday SchoolWilmingtonBuilding1972
Brandywine ParkWilmingtonSite1976
Brandywine Park and Kentmere Parkway (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1981
Brandywine Powder Mills DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1984
Brandywine Village Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1971
Brandywine Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)BrandywineDistrict1976
Braunstein's BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Breck's Mill AreaWilmingtonDistrict1971
Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District (Boundary Decrease)WilmingtonDistrict1988
Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1988
Brindley FarmWilmingtonBuilding1976
Brook RambleTownsendBuilding1992
Broom, Jacob, House NHLMontchaninBuilding1974
Brown, Dr. John A., HouseWilmingtonBuilding1979
Budovitch, Florence and Isaac, HouseWilmingtonBuilding2020
Buena VistaSt. GeorgesBuilding1971
Building at 140 W. Main StreetNewarkBuilding1982
Building at 28-34 1/2 Academy StreetNewarkBuilding1982
Building at 34 Choate StreetNewarkBuilding1983
Carney, John, Agricultural ComplexGreenvilleBuilding2009
Carpenter-Lippincott HouseCentrevilleBuilding1983
Carswell, Stuart Randall & Pricilla Kellogg, HouseNewarkBuilding2011
Casperson, W., HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
Center Meeting and SchoolhouseCentervilleBuilding1971
Centreville Historic DistrictCentrevilleBuilding1983
Chambers HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Chambers HouseNewarkBuilding1988
Chandler, Joseph, HouseCentrevilleBuilding1983
ChelseaDelaware CityBuilding1982
ChoptankMiddletownBuilding1985
Choptank-Upon-The-HillMiddletownBuilding1985
Christiana Historic DistrictChristianaDistrict1974
Church Street Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1987
Clearfield FarmSmyrnaBuilding1973
Cleaver HousePort PennBuilding1985
Cloud, Abner, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1992
Cloud-Reese HouseWilmingtonBuilding2001
Clyde Farm SiteStantonSite1977
Cochran GrangeMiddletownBuilding1973
Coffee Run Mission SiteHockessinDistrict1973
Collison HouseNewportBuilding1993
Compton Park ApartmentsWilmingtonBuilding2024
Continental Army Encampment SiteWilmingtonSite1973
Cooch's Bridge Historic DistrictNewarkDistrict1973
Cooch's Bridge Historic District (Boundary Decrease)NewarkDistrict1999
Cool Spring Park Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1983
Cool Spring Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict2007
Corbit-Sharp House NHLOdessaBuilding1967
CornucopiaMiddletownBuilding1987
Correll's Farm and Lawn SupplyKirkwoodBuilding1982
Cox-Phillips-Mitchell Agricultural ComplexHockessinSite2017
Crosby and Hill BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Curtis MansionNewarkBuilding1982
Curtis Paper Mill Workers' HousesNewarkBuilding1982
Darley HouseClaymontBuilding1973
Dauneport HouseWilmingtonBuilding2022
Dean, Joseph, & Son Woolen MillNewarkBuilding1978
Deer Park FarmNewarkBuilding1983
Deer Park HotelNewarkBuilding1982
Delaware Academy of MedicineWilmingtonBuilding2003
Delaware Avenue Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1976
Delaware Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1987
Delaware City Historic DistrictDelaware CityDistrict1983
Delaware Trust BuildingWilmingtonBuilding2003
Delmarva Power and Light BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Dilworth HousePort PennBuilding1973
Dingee, Jacob, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1970
Dingee, Obadiah, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1970
Dixon, S. P., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict2017
Dragon Run FarmKirkwoodBuilding1982
Dupont, P. S., High SchoolWilmingtonBuilding1986
East Brandywine Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1985
Eastburn, Davis, FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Eastburn, J., BarnNewarkBuilding1986
Eastburn-Jeanes Lime Kilns Historic DistrictNewarkDistrict1977
Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware CanalDelaware CityStructure1975
Eighth Street Park Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1983
Eighth Street Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1984
Eleutherian Mills NHLWilmingtonDistrict1966
Eliason, A., HouseMt. PleasantBuilding1985
Elm GrangeOdessaBuilding1985
England House and MillNewarkBuilding1972
Evans, George, HouseNewarkBuilding1982
Evans, John, HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Exchange BuildingNewarkBuilding1982
FairviewDelaware CityBuilding1982
FairviewOdessaBuilding1984
FairviewOdessaBuilding1985
FairviewMiddletownBuilding1987
Fell Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1983
Ferguson, Robert, HouseNewarkBuilding1979
Ferris, Zachariah, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1970
Fields HeirsMiddletownBuilding1985
Fisher, Andrew, HouseNewarkBuilding1973
Fleming HouseSmyrnaBuilding1980
Foord & Massey Furniture Company BuildingWilmingtonBuilding2006
Fort Christina NHLWilmingtonSite1966
Fort Delaware on Pea Patch IslandDelaware CityBuilding1971
Fort Dupont Historic DistrictDelaware CityDistrict1999
Friends MeetinghouseWilmingtonBuilding1976
Galloway-Walker HouseNewportBuilding1993
Garrett Snuff MillYorklynBuilding1978
Garrett Snuff Mills Historic DistrictYorklynDistrict1980
George Read II House NHLNew Castle
George Read II House NHLNew Castle
GibraltarWilmingtonBuilding1998
Glebe HouseNew CastleBuilding1973
GlynrichWilmingtonBuilding1979
Gordon, J. M., HouseOdessaBuilding1985
Govatos'/McVey BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Grace United Methodist ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1983
Graham, Robert, HouseNewarkBuilding1997
Granite MansionNewarkBuilding1983
Grantham-Edwards-McComb HouseNew CastleBuilding2016
Graves Mill Historic DistrictYorklynDistrict1979
Gray, Charles, Printing ShopWilmingtonBuilding1985
Green MansionNewarkBuilding1983
Green MeadowOdessaBuilding1992
Greenbank Historic AreaMarshalltonBuilding1973
Greenbank Historic Area (Boundary Increase)MarshalltonBuilding1979
GreenlawnMiddletownBuilding1973
Grose, Robert, HousePort PennBuilding2001
Hale-Byrnes HouseStantonBuilding1972
Hanson, B. F., HouseMiddletownBuilding1982
Harlan and Hollingsworth Office BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1979
Hart HouseTaylors BridgeBuilding1973
Hazel GlenPort PennBuilding1978
Head of Christiana United Presbyterian ChurchNewarkBuilding1983
HedgelawnMiddletownBuilding1973
Hell Island SiteOdessaSite1977
Hermitage, TheNew CastleBuilding1973
Hersey-Duncan HouseWilmingtonBuilding1990
Hicklen, William, HouseTalleyvilleBuilding1983
Hickman Blacksmith Shop and HouseMarshalltonBuilding1994
Hickman RowClaymontDistrict2006
Higgins, S., FarmOdessaBuilding1985
Hill Island FarmOdessaBuilding1992
Hockessin Friends MeetinghouseHockessinDistrict1973
Holladay-Harrington HouseGreenvilleBuilding2004
Holly OakClaymontBuilding2017
Holton, S., FarmMiddletownBuilding1985
Holy Trinity NHLWilmingtonBuilding1966
Homestead HallTownsendBuilding2018
Howard High School NHLWilmingtonBuilding1985
Huguenot HouseTaylors BridgeBuilding1973
Idalia ManorMt. PleasantBuilding1985
Independence MallWilmingtonBuilding2025
Iron Hill School No. 112CNewarkBuilding1995
Ivyside FarmClaymontBuilding1982
Jackson-Wilson HouseWilmingtonBuilding2017
Johnson Home FarmTaylor's BridgeBuilding1992
Johnson, William Julius "Judy" HouseMarshalltonBuilding1995
Johnson-Morris HouseNewarkBuilding2011
Justis, Thomas, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1993
Justis-Jones HouseWilmingtonBuilding1998
Keil, Max, BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Keil, Max, BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Kerr, Andrew, HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Killgore HallNewportBuilding1993
Killgore, Joseph, HouseNewportBuilding1993
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1989
La GrangeGlasgowBuilding1974
LaurelWilmingtonBuilding1974
Lesley-Travers MansionNew CastleBuilding1973
Lewden, John, HouseChristianaBuilding1979
Liedlich, Charles and Edith, HouseNewarkBuilding2006
Linden HillSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
Lindsay, J., BarnNewarkBuilding1986
Lindsey, Samuel, HouseMcClellandvilleBuilding1983
Liston HouseTaylors BridgeBuilding1973
Liston Range Front LighthouseBay View BeachBuilding2004
Liston Range Rear Light StationPort PennDistrict1978
Lobdell Estate, Minquadale HomeWilmingtonBuilding1973
Logan HouseWilmingtonBuilding1980
Lombardy Hall NHLWilmingtonBuilding1972
Lore, Charles B., Elementary SchoolWilmingtonBuilding1983
LouviersWilmingtonBuilding1971
Lower Louviers and Chicken AlleyWilmingtonBuilding1972
Lower Market Street Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1980
Lower Market Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1985
Lum's Mill HouseKirkwoodBuilding1973
MacDonough, Comdr. Thomas, HouseOdessaBuilding1978
Main Office of the New Castle Leather CompanyWilmingtonBuilding1985
Maple Grove FarmMiddletownBuilding1985
MaplesMiddletownBuilding1978
Marcus Hook Range Rear LightWilmingtonBuilding1989
Marshallton United Methodist ChurchMarshalltonBuilding1987
Mason, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Masonic Hall and Grand TheaterWilmingtonBuilding1972
MayfieldMiddletownBuilding1997
McCormack, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
McCoy HouseKirkwoodBuilding1973
McDaniel, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
McIntyre, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
McLane, Louis, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1973
McWhorter HouseOdessaBuilding1985
Meeteer HouseNewarkBuilding1993
Memorial HallNewarkBuilding1982
MerestoneNewarkBuilding1995
Mermaid TavernNewarkBuilding1973
Meteer Store HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Middletown AcademyMiddletownBuilding1972
Middletown Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1978
Mill Creek Friends MeetinghouseNewarkBuilding1973
Misty ValeOdessaBuilding1985
Mitchell-Biden HouseNewarkBuilding2025
Mondamon FarmOdessaBuilding1985
Montchanin Historic DistrictMontchaninDistrict1978
MontereyOdessaBuilding1980
Montgomery HouseWilmingtonBuilding1988
Morgan, William, FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Morrow, James, HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Mount CubaGreenvilleBuilding2003
Mount Cuba Historic DistrictMount CubaDistrict1979
Mount Lebanon Methodist Episcopal ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1984
Mount PleasantSmyrnaBuilding1992
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and ParsonageWilmingtonBuilding1998
Mt. Airy School No. 27CentrevilleSite1983
Naaman's Creek SchoolClaymontBuilding1990
Naudain, Arnold S., HouseMiddletownBuilding1973
Nelson, John B., HousePort PennBuilding1978
New Castle County Court House NHLNew CastleBuilding1972
New Castle Historic District NHLNew CastleDistrict1967
New Castle Historic DistrictNew CastleDistrict1984
New Castle Ice PiersNew CastleStructure1982
New Castle Leather Raw Stock WarehouseWilmingtonBuilding1983
New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-WayPorterSite1976
New Century ClubWilmingtonBuilding1983
Newark Opera HouseNewarkBuilding1982
Newark Passenger StationNewarkBuilding1982
Newark Union Church and CemeteryWilmingtonBuilding2020
Newport National BankNewportBuilding1993
Newport Railroad StationNewportBuilding1994
North Saint Georges Historic DistrictSt. GeorgesDistrict1995
NoxontownMiddletownSite1973
Odessa Historic DistrictOdessaDistrict1971
Odessa Historic District (Boundary Increase)OdessaDistrict1984
OkolonaMiddletownBuilding1985
Old Asbury Methodist ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1976
Old Brick StoreSmyrnaBuilding1973
Old Cann Mansion HouseKirkwoodBuilding1982
Old College Historic DistrictNewarkDistrict1973
Old CustomshouseWilmingtonBuilding1974
Old Drawyers ChurchOdessaBuilding1973
Old First Presbyterian ChurchNewarkBuilding1982
Old First Presbyterian Church of WilmingtonWilmingtonBuilding1972
Old Ford DairyOdessaBuilding1985
Old Ford Dairy (Boundary Increase)OdessaBuilding1986
Old Fort ChurchChristianaBuilding1983
Old Newark Comprehensive SchoolNewarkBuilding1982
Old Post OficeKirkwoodBuilding1982
Old St. Anne's ChurchMiddletownBuilding1973
Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal ChurchOdessaBuilding1982
Old Town HallWilmingtonBuilding1974
Old Town Hall Commercial Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1985
Old Union Methodist ChurchBlackbird CrossroadsBuilding1973
Ott's ChapelNewarkBuilding1986
Owl's Nest Country PlaceGreenvilleBuilding2010
Parker's Dairy PalaceNew CastleBuilding2019
Penn Farm of the Trustees of the New Castle CommonNew CastleBuilding1997
Pharo HouseMiddletownBuilding1984
Philips-Thompson BuildingsWilmingtonBuilding1980
Phillips, Thomas, Mill ComplexNewarkBuilding1983
Pierson, T., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Point FarmKirkwoodBuilding1982
Poplar HallNewarkBuilding1988
Port Penn Historic DistrictPort PennDistrict1978
Postles HouseWilmingtonBuilding1982
Public School No. 111-CChristianaBuilding1979
Public School No. 19WilmingtonBuilding1984
Public School No. 29HockessinBuilding1978
Pyle, Howard, StudiosWilmingtonBuilding1978
Pyle, Joshua, House and Wagon BarnWilmingtonBuilding1993
Quaker Hill Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1979
Quaker Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)WilmingtonDistrict1985
Reading, Philip, TanneryYiddletownBuilding1978
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian ChurchNewportBuilding1973
Reedy Island Range Rear LightTaylor's BridgeStructure1989
Retirement FarmOdessaBuilding1985
Reynold's Candy Company BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Rhodes PharmacyNewarkBuilding1983
RiverdaleOdessaBuilding1985
Riverview Cemetery Company of Wilmington, DelawareWilmingtonSite2012
Robinson HouseClaymontBuilding1971
Rockford ParkWilmingtonSite1978
Rockland Historic DistrictRocklandDistrict1972
RockwoodWilmingtonBuilding1976
Rockwood Estate Historic District (Additional Documentation)WilmingtonDistrict1976
Rockwood Estate Historic District (Boundary Decrease)WilmingtonDistrict2023
Rodney CourtWilmingtonBuilding1980
Rodney Square Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict2011
RosedaleMiddletownBuilding1985
RosemontWilmingtonBuilding2009
Rotheram Mill HouseNewarkBuilding1972
Rumsey FarmMiddletownBuilding1978
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (steamboat)WilmingtonStructure1979
Savin-Wilson HouseSmyrnaBuilding1992
Schagrin, Charles, BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Schoonover, Frank E., StudiosWilmingtonBuilding1979
Scott A.M.E. Zion ChurchWilmingtonBuilding2024
Shallcross, Sereck, HouseOdessaBuilding1973
Shipley Run Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1984
Springer FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Springer, Charles, TavernWilmingtonBuilding1992
Springer-Cranston HouseMarshalltownBuilding1994
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1984
St. Georges Cemetery Caretaker's HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
St. Georges Presbyterian ChurchSt. GeorgesBuilding1984
St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1982
St. James ChurchStantonBuilding1973
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic ChurchNewarkBuilding1982
St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchWilmingtonBuilding2004
St. Joseph's ChurchMiddletownBuilding1978
St. Joseph's on the BrandywineGreenvilleDistrict1976
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1976
St. Mary's SchoolWilmingtonBuilding1983
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic ChurchWilmingtonBuilding2021
St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchNewarkBuilding1982
Starl HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
Starr HouseWilmingtonBuilding1971
State TheaterNewarkBuilding1983
Steel, James, HouseNewarkBuilding1983
Stewart, James, HouseGlascowBuilding1986
Stewart, James, Jr., HouseChristinaBuilding1983
Stinson, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Stockton-MontmorencyGreenvilleBuilding2012
Stonum NHLNew CastleBuilding1973
Strand Millas and Rock SpringMontchaninBuilding1973
Sutton HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1973
SwanwyckNew CastleBuilding1977
Talley, William, HouseWilmingtonBuilding1985
Tatnall, Joseph, HouseNewportBuilding1993
Taylor's Bridge SchoolTownsendBuilding2019
The Bank of Delaware BuildingWilmingtonBuilding2026
Thomas, David W., HouseOdessaBuilding1992
Torbert Street Livery StablesWilmingtonBuilding1998
Townsend Historic DistrictTownsendDistrict1986
Townsend, Henry, BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1985
Trinity Episcopal ChurchWilmingtonBuilding1984
U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and CustomhouseWilmingtonBuilding1979
Vail, A. M., HouseOdessaBuilding1985
Vandegrift, J., HouseOdessaBuilding1985
Vandyke-Heath HouseTownsendBuilding1992
Vansant, John C., HouseNewarkBuilding1989
Vernacular Frame HouseSt. GeorgesBuilding1982
Village of ArdenWilmingtonDistrict1973
Walker's Mill and Walker's BankWilmingtonBuilding1972
Walker, J., FarmNewarkBuilding1986
Walker, R., BarnNewarkBuilding1986
Walnut Green SchoolGreenvilleBuilding1994
Walnut LaneNewarkBuilding1979
Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5WilmingtonBuilding2011
Wawaset Park Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict1986
Weldin, Lewis, HouseNewportBuilding1993
Welsh Tract Baptist ChurchNewarkBuilding1973
Wesley M.E. ChurchMcClellandvilleBuilding1983
West 9th Street Commercial Historic DistrictWilmingtonDistrict2008
WestonMiddletownBuilding1985
White Clay Creek Presbyterian ChurchNewarkBuilding1973
White HallBearBuilding1990
Williams HouseOdessaBuilding1973
Williams, J. K., HouseOdessaBuilding1985
Wilmington Amtrak StationWilmingtonBuilding1976
Wilmington ClubWilmingtonBuilding2006
Wilmington Rail ViaductWilmingtonStructure1999
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyWilmingtonBuilding1985
Wilmington Trust Company BankNewarkBuilding1982
Wilmington YMCAWilmingtonBuilding2002
Wilmington and Western RailroadHockessin andDistrict1980
Wilson, Edward R., HouseNewarkBuilding1983
WindsorPort PennBuilding1992
Winterthur Museum and GardensWilmingtonDistrict1971
Woman's Club of NewportNewportBuilding1993
Wooddale BridgeWooddaleStructure1973
Wooddale Historic DistrictNewportDistrict1979
WoodsideMt. PleasantBuilding1985
WoodstockWilmingtonBuilding1973
Woodward HousesWilmingtonBuilding1979
Woolworth, F. W., Company BuildingWilmingtonBuilding1987
Wright HouseNewarkBuilding1982
Young, William, HouseRocklandBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

New Castle was formed in 1673 (1673-09-12) from unknown / original county.

After completing their re-conquest of New York in August 1673, the Dutch created NEW AMSTEL (now NEW CASTLE) in present Delaware [no inland limits were specified]. NEW AMSTEL became dependent on New York in 1674.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

New Castle County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

571k295k20k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
19,68825,36127,89933,12054,79777,716109,697148,239179,562218,879307,446398,115500,265570,719

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

46 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 46 of 46 listed
NameLatLon
All Saints Cemetery39.71417-75.68168
Asbury Cemetery39.50585-75.64951
Beth Emeth Memorial Park39.74793-75.59307
Cathedral Cemetery39.74649-75.58076
Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery39.82045-75.59968
Chester Bethel Cemetery39.83049-75.5012
Corbit Cemetery39.45731-75.6638
Delaney Cemetery39.2998-75.747
Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery39.54983-75.74327
Ebenezer Cemetery39.36691-75.72868
Ebenezer Cemetery39.73332-75.71712
Foreman - Massey Cemetery39.31601-75.63458
Forest Cemetery39.46165-75.71917
Glebe Cemetery39.6683-75.55818
Gracelawn Memorial Park39.70023-75.56813
Green Hill Cemetery39.57116-75.59853
Hickory Grove Cemetery39.52324-75.63733
Jewish Community Cemetery39.78111-75.54205
Lee's Cemetery39.40656-75.65801
Lombardy Cemetery39.78228-75.54346
Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery39.80759-75.61381
Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery39.79888-75.56743
Mount Olive Cemetery39.75695-75.59761
Mount Pisgah UAME Church Cemetery39.53901-75.72679
Mount Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery39.76473-75.57557
Mount Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery39.66277-75.56253
Mount Zion Cemetery39.75425-75.59109
Newark Union Burial Ground39.78679-75.51377
Old Drawyers Church Cemetery39.46778-75.65356
Old Saint Anne's Church Cemetery39.43521-75.71341
Otts Chapel Cemetery39.634-75.7788
Pencader Cemetery39.60626-75.74464
Potters Field Cemetery39.68733-75.5752
Riverview Cemetery39.75746-75.52842
Saint Georges Cemetery39.56066-75.66854
Saint James Cemetery39.71887-75.66183
Saint James Cemetery39.71477-75.60478
Saint Johns Cemetery39.67399-75.76549
Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery39.77239-75.58851
Saint Pauls United Methodist Cemetery39.57826-75.68922
Salem Cemetery39.31927-75.68271
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery39.64509-75.70305
Silverbrook Cemetery39.75177-75.59131
Simpson Cemetery39.72483-75.6177
Townsend Cemetery39.38905-75.70886
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery39.75162-75.55201

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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