Brandywine Creek
Brandywine Creek is a stream in New Castle County, Delaware. Brandywine Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet South Wilmington, as well as near the locality East Side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Christina and Holy Trinity Church.
Fort Christina
Park
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Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the…
Holy Trinity Church
Museum
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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden.
Church Street Historic District
Protected area
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Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landlith and Lower Market Street Historic District.
Landlith
Hamlet
The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level.
Lower Market Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.
East Brandywine Historic District
Neighborhood
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East Brandywine Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 189 contributing buildings located east of the central business district of Wilmington dating from the late-18th to the early-20th century.
Brandywine Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Bainwend Kill”, “Brande Wine Creek”, “Brandewyn Kill”, “Brandewyne Creek”, “Brandiwine Creek”, “Brandy Wine”, “Brandy Wine Creek”, “Brandy-wine River”, “Brandywine Kill”, “Brandywine River”, “Fiske Creek”, “Fiskiekijlen”, “Suspecough”, “Trancocopanican”, “Wawaset”, “Wawasiungh”, and “Wawassan”
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.73206° or 39° 43′ 55″ northLongitude
-75.53131° or 75° 31′ 53″ westElevation
-16 feet (-5 metres)Open location code
87F6PFJ9+RFGeoNames ID
4141598
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