Fort Delaware

Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Mott and Fort DuPont.

Fort Mott

Park

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Fort Mott, located in Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, United States, was part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the Reconstruction era and Endicott program modernization periods following the American Civil War and in the 1890s.

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 1½ miles south of Fort Delaware.

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 1½ miles southwest of Fort Delaware.

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 4 miles southeast of Fort Delaware.

Tybouts Corner

Hamlet

Tybouts Corner is an unincorporated populated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Tybouts Corner is situated 4 miles northwest of Fort Delaware.

Fort Delaware

Type: Protected area
Description: fort in Delaware, United States
Categories: fort, military prison, heritage site, and historic site
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.5921° or 39° 35′ 32″ north

Longitude

-75.57278° or 75° 34′ 22″ west

Open location code

87F6HCRG+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 360210406

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q5471049

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In Other Languages

From Polish to Portuguese—“Fort Delaware” goes by many names.

Polish: “Fort Delaware”
Portuguese: “Fort Delaware”
Portuguese: “Forte Delauare”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Delaware and Fort Delaware State Park.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Fort Delaware Ferry Landing and Delaware City.

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