Fort DuPont Parade Ground

Fort DuPont Parade Ground is a park in New Castle County, Delaware. Fort DuPont Parade Ground is situated nearby to Delaware City Marina, as well as near Delaware City Public Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort DuPont and Delaware City Historic District.

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 DuPont is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Fort DuPont Parade Ground.

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. Delaware City Historic District is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Fort DuPont Parade Ground.

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. Chelsea is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Fort DuPont Parade Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Delaware City and Saint Georges.

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 community, former municipality, and census-designated place situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay. Saint Georges is situated 3½ miles west of Fort DuPont Parade Ground.

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 4 miles east of Fort DuPont Parade Ground.

Fort DuPont Parade Ground

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.57198° or 39° 34′ 19″ north

Longitude

-75.5861° or 75° 35′ 10″ west

Open location code

87F6HCC7+QH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4689057136

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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