Ashton Historic District
Ashton Historic District is a national historic district located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with an original settler and his immediate descendants on early land grant in St.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
- Type: Protected area
- Description: United States historic place
- Also known as: “Ashton Historic District (Port Penn, Delaware)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baker Shoal Range Rear Light and Port Penn Historic District.
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light
Lighthouse
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Baker Shoal Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, near Port Penn. Baker Shoal Range Rear Light is situated 1 mile northeast of Ashton Historic District.
Port Penn Historic District
Protected area
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Port Penn Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in the original eight block town plan and one block 19th century extension of Port Penn. Port Penn Historic District is situated 1¼ miles south of Ashton Historic District.
Reedy Island
Islet
Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is about one mile east of Port Penn, Delaware and five miles southwest of Salem, New Jersey. Reedy Island is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ashton Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Penn and Delaware City.
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.
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. Delaware City is situated 3 miles north of Ashton Historic District.
Biddles Corner
Hamlet
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the northern terminus of U.S. Route 301. Biddles Corner is situated 3½ miles west of Ashton Historic District.
Ashton Historic District
- Categories: historic district, heritage site, and historic site
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.53116° or 39° 31′ 52″ northLongitude
-75.58408° or 75° 35′ 3″ westOpen location code
87F6GCJ8+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 368364449OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q14685226
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In Other Languages
“Ashton Historic District” goes by many names.
- French: “district historique d’Ashton”
- French: “District historique d’Ashton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thousand Acre Swamp and Port Penn Volunteer Fire Company.
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