Boyds Corner
Boyds Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Boyds Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 896, north of Odessa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Delaware
- Also known as: “Boyds Corner, DE” and “Boyds Corner, Delaware”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House and Monterey.
Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House
House
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House, also known as The Trap, is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in several sections.
Monterey
House
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Monterey is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, five bay brick house with an original ell to the rear and a frame, two-story addition to the extreme rear.
Retirement Farm
House
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Retirement Farm, also known as the James M. Vandergrift Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the late-19th century, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay frame, gable roofed farmhouse with a two-story rear ell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McDonough and Biddles Corner.
McDonough
Hamlet
McDonough is a small unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community lies north of Odessa and just due south of St. Georges. It is named for Captain Thomas Macdonough.
Biddles Corner
Hamlet
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Biddles Corner is situated 1½ miles north of Boyds Corner.
Odessa
Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 364 at the 2010 census. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name. Odessa is situated 3 miles south of Boyds Corner.
Boyds Corner
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.50011° or 39° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.6491° or 75° 38′ 57″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87F6G922+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 158401005OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Boyds Corner” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “博伊茲角”
- French: “Boyds Corner”
- Irish: “Boyds Corner”
- Persian: “بویدز کورنر، دلاویر”
- Persian: “بویدز کورنر”
- Portuguese: “Boyds Corner”
- South Azerbaijani: “بویدز کورنر، دلاویر”
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