Dunleith
Dunleith is a suburb of Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was built in the early 1950s, and was the first housing development marketed for African-Americans in Delaware. In 1990, the population was 2,600.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Delaware, United States of America
- Also known as: “Dunleith, DE” and “Dunleith, Delaware”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Christina and Pennsylvania Station.
Fort Christina
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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… Fort Christina is situated 2 miles northeast of Dunleith.
Pennsylvania Station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wilmington station, also known as the Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Railroad Station, is a passenger rail station in Wilmington, Delaware. It serves nine Amtrak train routes and is part of the Northeast Corridor. Pennsylvania Station is situated 2 miles north of Dunleith.
Holy Trinity Church
Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
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. Holy Trinity Church is situated 2 miles north of Dunleith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minquadale and Holloway Terrace.
Minquadale
Hamlet
Minquadale is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is the location of the southernmost interchange between Interstate 495 and US 13.
Holloway Terrace
Hamlet
Holloway Terrace is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holloway Terrace is located on the outskirts of the city of Wilmington along Delaware Route 9 and Interstate 295, southwest of the Port of Wilmington.
Collins Park
Neighborhood
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. Collins Park is situated 1½ miles south of Dunleith.
Dunleith
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.70872° or 39° 42′ 31″ northLongitude
-75.55548° or 75° 33′ 20″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87F6PC5V+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 157632654OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Dunleith” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鄧利斯”
- French: “Dunleith”
- Irish: “Dunleith”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bowlerama and Minquadale Fire Company.
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