New Castle Range

New Castle Range is a channel in New Castle County, Delaware. New Castle Range is situated nearby to the village Delaware City, as well as near the hamlet Oakwood Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont.

Fort Delaware

Protected area

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Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.

Fort DuPont

Protected area

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Fort DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675.

Fort Mott

Park

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Fort Mott, located in Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, United States, was part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the Reconstruction era and Endicott program modernization periods following the American Civil War and in the 1890s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Delaware City and Oakwood Beach.

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. Delaware City is situated 1½ miles west of New Castle Range.

Oakwood Beach

Hamlet

Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 3 miles southeast of New Castle Range.

Sinnickson Landing

Hamlet

Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Sinnickson Landing is situated 3½ miles east of New Castle Range.

New Castle Range

Type: Channel
Category: body of water
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.58345° or 39° 35′ 0″ north

Longitude

-75.56076° or 75° 33′ 39″ west

Open location code

87F6HCMQ+9M

GeoNames ID

4143843

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