New Castle County
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of Delaware with 538,000 residents
- Description: county in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “New Castle”, “New Castle County, DE”, “New Castle County, Delaware”, and “Newcastle County”
- Neighbors: Chester County, Delaware County, Gloucester County, and Salem County
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Saint Georges Historic District and Chelsea.
North Saint Georges Historic District
Protected area
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North Saint Georges Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects in the village of North St.
Chelsea
Historic building
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Chelsea is a historic home located in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1848 by Thomas Clark, and is a three-story, three-bay-square brick block with a low, almost flat, hipped roof surmounted by a widow's walk.
Delaware City Historic District
Protected area
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Delaware City Historic District is a national historic district located at Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 204 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Delaware City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bear and Delaware City.
Bear
Hamlet
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Bear is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 19,371 at the 2010 census. Originally a small crossroads in a rural area, approximately 14 miles south of Wilmington, the area supported small farms growing mainly corn and cattle. Bear is situated 3½ miles north of New Castle County.
Delaware City
Village
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Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.
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.
New Castle County
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“New Castle County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “New Castle County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة نيو كاسل”
- Armenian: “Նյու Քասլ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de New Castle”
- Basque: “New Castle konderria”
- Basque: “New Castleko konderria”
- Bavarian: “New Castle County, Delaware”
- Bavarian: “New Castle County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Нью-Касл”
- Belarusian: “графства Нью-Касл”
- Belarusian: “Нью-Касл (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Нью-Касл (графства)”
- Belarusian: “Нью-Касл”
- Bishnupriya: “নিউ ক্যাসেল কাউন্টি, ডেলাওয়্যার”
- Bishnupriya: “নিউ ক্যাসেল কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Ню Касъл”
- Catalan: “comtat de New Castle”
- Cebuano: “New Castle County”
- Chechen: “Нью-Касл (гуо, Делавэр)”
- Chechen: “Нью-Касл”
- Chinese: “New Castle Kūn”
- Chinese: “紐卡斯爾縣”
- Chinese: “紐卡斯爾郡”
- Chinese: “纽卡斯尔县”
- Cornish: “Konteth New Castle, Delaware”
- Cornish: “Konteth New Castle”
- Croatian: “New Castle, okrug”
- Croatian: “New Castle”
- Croatian: “Okrug New Castle, Delaware”
- Croatian: “Okrug New Castle”
- Czech: “New Castle County”
- Danish: “New Castle County”
- Dutch: “New Castle County”
- Esperanto: “Kantono New Castle”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Nov-Kastelo”
- Estonian: “New Castle’i maakond”
- Estonian: “New Castlei maakond”
- Finnish: “New Castlen piirikunta”
- French: “comte de New Castle”
- French: “comté de New Castle”
- French: “Comté de New Castle”
- Galician: “Condado de New Castle, Delaware”
- Galician: “Condado de New Castle”
- Georgian: “ნიუ-კასლის ოლქი”
- German: “New Castle County”
- Gilaki: “نیوکاسل ٚ شأرستان (دلأویر)”
- Gilaki: “نیوکاسل ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία του Νιου Καστλ”
- Greek: “Κομητεία του Νιου Καστλ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ניו קאסל”
- Hungarian: “New Castle megye”
- Indonesian: “County New Castle, Delaware”
- Indonesian: “County New Castle”
- Irish: “Contae New Castle, Delaware”
- Irish: “Contae New Castle”
- Italian: “contea di New Castle”
- Italian: “Contea di New Castle”
- Japanese: “ニュー・カッスル郡”
- Japanese: “ニュー・カャッスル・カウンティ”
- Japanese: “ニュー・キャッスル・カウンティ”
- Japanese: “ニュー・キャッスル郡”
- Japanese: “ニューキャッスル郡”
- Japanese: “ニューキャッスル郡議会”
- Korean: “뉴캐슬군”
- Lithuanian: “Niu Kaslo apygarda”
- Low German: “New Castle County”
- Marathi: “न्यू कॅसल काउंटी, डेलावेर”
- Marathi: “न्यू कॅसल काउंटी”
- Mazanderani: “نیوکاسل شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “New Castle Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “New Castle Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “New Castle County”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “New Castle County”
- Norwegian: “New Castle County”
- Ossetian: “Нью-Касл (зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Нью-Касл”
- Persian: “شهرستان نیو کستل، دلاویر”
- Persian: “شهرستان نیو کستل”
- Persian: “شهرستان نیوکاسل”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo New Castle”
- Portuguese: “Condado de New Castle”
- Romanian: “Comitatul New Castle, Delaware”
- Romanian: “Comitatul New Castle”
- Russian: “Нью-Касл”
- Sardinian: “contea de New Castle”
- Scots: “New Castle Coonty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “New Castle County”
- Serbian: “New Castle County”
- Serbian: “Okrug Nju Kasl”
- Serbian: “Округ Њу Касл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “New Castle County, Delaware”
- Serbo-Croatian: “New Castle County”
- Slovenian: “New Castle County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje New Castle”
- Spanish: “Condado de New Castle (Delaware)”
- Spanish: “Condado de New Castle”
- Swedish: “New Castle County”
- Tajik: “Ҳавзаи Ню Касл”
- Tatar: “Нью-Касл (округ, Делавэр)”
- Tatar: “Нью-Касл”
- Turkish: “New Castle County, DE”
- Turkish: “New Castle County, Del.”
- Turkish: “New Castle County, Delaware”
- Turkish: “New Castle County”
- Turkish: “New Castle ilçesi, DE”
- Turkish: “New Castle ilçesi, Del.”
- Turkish: “New Castle ilçesi, Delaware”
- Turkish: “New Castle ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Нью-Касл”
- Urdu: “نیو کیسل کاؤنٹی، ڈیلاویئر”
- Urdu: “نیو کیسل کاؤنٹی”
- Uzbek: “New Castle okrugi”
- Venetian: “contea de New Castle”
- Vietnamese: “Quận New Castle, Delaware”
- Vietnamese: “Quận New Castle”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han New Castle, Delaware”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han New Castle”
- Welsh: “New Castle County, Delaware”
- Welsh: “New Castle County”
- Western Panjabi: “نیو کاسل کاؤنٹی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wrangle Hill and Birds Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tailings Pond and St. Georges Bridge.
Delaware: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dover, Wilmington, Newark, and New Castle.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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