Fort DuPont
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Protected area
- Description: historic fort in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Fort DuPont Historic District”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Delaware City Historic District and Chelsea.
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 3,400 feet northwest of Fort DuPont.
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 1 mile northwest of Fort DuPont.
Reedy Point Bridge
Bridge
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The Reedy Point Bridge carries Delaware Route 9 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Delaware City, Delaware, USA. A two-lane cantilever bridge similar in appearance to the Platt Bridge in Southwest Philadelphia, the Reedy Point Bridge was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1968, replacing a lift bridge that crossed the C&D Canal prior to the 1955 widening project. Reedy Point Bridge is situated 1 mile south of Fort DuPont.
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.
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 3½ miles east of Fort DuPont.
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. Port Penn is situated 3½ miles south of Fort DuPont.
Fort DuPont
- Categories: fort, heritage site, and historic site
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.56994° or 39° 34′ 12″ northLongitude
-75.58221° or 75° 34′ 56″ westOpen location code
87F6HC99+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 359233269OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q5471093
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort DuPont” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杜邦堡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دوبونت”
- Spanish: “Fuerte DuPont”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort DuPont Parade Ground and Delaware City Marina.
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