Thorntown
Thorntown is a hamlet in New Castle County, Delaware. Thorntown is situated nearby to the hamlet Port Penn, as well as near Pine Valley Farms.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dilworth House and Ashton Historic District.
Dilworth House
House
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Dilworth House is a historic home located at Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. The earliest section of the house dates to the late-17th century. It was built in two sections; the west section being the oldest.
Ashton Historic District
Protected area
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Ashton Historic District is a national historic district located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with an original settler and his immediate descendants on early land grant in St.
Port Penn Historic District
Protected area
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Port Penn Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in the original eight block town plan and one block 19th century extension of Port Penn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Penn and Biddles Corner.
Port Penn
Hamlet
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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River.
Biddles Corner
Hamlet
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Biddles Corner is situated 2½ miles west of Thorntown.
Boyds Corner
Hamlet
Boyds Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Boyds Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 896, north of Odessa. Boyds Corner is situated 3 miles southwest of Thorntown.
Thorntown
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Thowrntown”
- Category: locality
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.51789° or 39° 31′ 4″ northLongitude
-75.60271° or 75° 36′ 10″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87F6G99W+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 158256401OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4145021
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