Kaolin
Kaolin is an unincorporated community in Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located on Pennsylvania Route 41 between Avondale to the northwest and Hockessin, Delaware to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Kaolin, PA” and “Kaolin, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Public School No. 29 and Springer Farm.
Public School No. 29
Heritage site
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Public School No. 29, also known as Lamborn Library, is a historic school building located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1870 as a one-room school; a second floor and classroom was added about 1890. is a two-story, brick building on a stone foundation with basement. Public School No. 29 is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kaolin.
Springer Farm
House
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Springer Farm is a historic farm located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes four contributing buildings. They are a stone house, a stone and frame bank barn, a stone spring house, and a braced frame corn crib, both dated to the 19th century.
T. Pierson Farm
House
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The T. Pierson Farm is a historic farm located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes three contributing buildings. They are a stone house with late-19th century frame addition, a stone and frame bank barn, and a mid-19th century frame outbuilding.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hockessin and Meeting House Hill.
Hockessin
Photo: Cschroeder999, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hockessin, is a small, rapidly growing town in northern New Castle County, right on the border with Pennsylvania. Centered between two major highways, Route 7, or Limestone Road, and Route 41, Lancaster Pike, Hockessin offers a quiet reprieve for travelers and residents alike.
Meeting House Hill
Hamlet
Hockessin is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 13,478 at the 2020 Census. Meeting House Hill is situated 2 miles east of Kaolin.
Brackenville
Hamlet
Brackenville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Brackenville is located at the intersection of Brackenville Road and Old Wilmington Road, east of Hockessin. Brackenville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kaolin.
Kaolin
Latitude
39.79867° or 39° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
-75.72721° or 75° 43′ 38″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
87F6Q7XF+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158631308OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Kaolin” goes by many names.
- French: “Kaolin”
- Irish: “Kaolin”
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