Delaware City

Delaware City is a city in , 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 on .
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  • Type: Village with 1,510 residents
  • Description: city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
  • Also known as: “Delaware City, DE”, “Delaware City, Delaware”, and “Newbold’s Landing”
  • Postal code: 19706

Places of Interest

Highlights include Delaware City Historic District and Chelsea.

Protected area
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is a national historic district located at Delaware City, . It encompasses 204 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Delaware City.

Historic building
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is a historic home located in Delaware City, . 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.

Protected area
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, 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Georges and Wrangle Hill.

Village
is an unincorporated town and former municipality situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in , United States, approximately midway between the and . is situated 3½ miles southwest of Delaware City.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. is situated 3½ miles west of Delaware City.

Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . 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. is situated 4 miles southeast of Delaware City.

Delaware City

Latitude
39.57789° or 39° 34′ 40″ north
Longitude
-75.58882° or 75° 35′ 20″ west
Population
1,510
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
United Nations Location Code
US DCI
Open location code
87F6HCH6+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158501693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4142191
Wiki­data ID
Q755936
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Delaware City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ديلاوير سيتي”
  • Basque: “Delaware City”
  • Belarusian: “Дэлавэр-Сіці”
  • Catalan: “Delaware City”
  • Cebuano: “Delaware City”
  • Chechen: “Делавер-Сити”
  • Chinese: “Delaware City”
  • Chinese: “特拉华城”
  • Croatian: “Delaware City (Delaver)”
  • Croatian: “Delaware City”
  • Danish: “Delaware City”
  • Dutch: “Delaware City”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديلاوير سيتى”
  • Esperanto: “Delavarurbo”
  • Finnish: “Delaware City”
  • French: “Delaware City”
  • German: “Delaware City”
  • Gilaki: “دلاوئر سيتي”
  • Haitian: “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Haitian: “Delaware City”
  • Hebrew: “דלאוור סיטי”
  • Hungarian: “Delaware City”
  • Ido: “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Ido: “Delaware City”
  • Irish: “Delaware City”
  • Italian: “Delaware City”
  • Japanese: “デラウェアシティ”
  • Korean: “델라웨어시티”
  • Ladin: “Delaware City”
  • Mazanderani: “دلاویر سیتی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Delaware City”
  • Newari: “डेलावेर सिटी (डेलावेर)”
  • Newari: “डेलावेर सिटी, डेलावेर”
  • Newari: “डेलावेर सिटी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware City”
  • Norwegian: “Delaware City”
  • Persian: “دلاور سیتی، دلاور”
  • Persian: “دلاویر سیتی”
  • Polish: “Delaware City”
  • Portuguese: “Delaware City”
  • Russian: “Делавэр-Сити”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Delaware City”
  • Serbian: “Delaver Siti”
  • Serbian: “Delaware City”
  • Serbian: “Делавер Сити”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Delaware City, Delaver”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Delaware City”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دلاویر سیتی، دلاویر”
  • Spanish: “Delaware City (Delaware)”
  • Spanish: “Delaware City”
  • Swedish: “Delaware City”
  • Talysh: “Delaver Siti”
  • Tatar: “Делавер-Сити”
  • Turkish: “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Turkish: “Delaware City”
  • Ukrainian: “Делавер-Сіті”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلاویئر سٹی، ڈیلاویئر”
  • Urdu: “ڈیلاویئر سٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Delaware City”
  • Volapük: “Delaware City”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Delaware City”
  • Welsh: “Delaware City, Delaware”
  • Welsh: “Delaware City”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Shingle Landing and Reybold.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include United States Post Office and Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.

Delaware: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Dover, Wilmington, Newark, and New Castle.

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