Kirkwood
Kirkwood is an unincorporated community in central New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It lies along Delaware Route 71, southwest of the city of Wilmington, the county seat of New Castle County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware
- Also known as: “Kemps Corner”, “Kirkwood, DE”, “Kirkwood, Delaware”, and “Saint Georges Station”
- Postal code: 19708
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Post Office and Old Cann Mansion House.
Old Post Office
Heritage site
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Post Office is a historic home and post office building located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame double house with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style.
Old Cann Mansion House
House
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Old Cann Mansion House is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1792, and consists of three sections. The main section is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay double-pile brick structure.
Point Farm
Heritage site
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Point Farm, also known as the R. T. Cann House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1846, and is a two-story, five-bay L-shaped, brick dwelling with a gable roof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porter and Wrangle Hill.
Porter
Hamlet
Porter is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Porter is located at the intersection of Porter Road and Old Porter Road, southwest of Bear, and is the location of a junction between the Norfolk Southern Railway and the Delmarva Central Railroad. Porter is situated 2 miles north of Kirkwood.
Wrangle Hill
Hamlet
Wrangle Hill is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Wrangle Hill is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. Wrangle Hill is situated 2 miles east of Kirkwood.
Saint Georges
Village
Saint Georges is an unincorporated town and former municipality situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. Saint Georges is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kirkwood.
Kirkwood
- 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
39.57181° or 39° 34′ 19″ northLongitude
-75.69608° or 75° 41′ 46″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)United Nations Location Code
US IWJOpen location code
87F6H8C3+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 534966352OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4143264Wikidata ID
Q6415872
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