Hill Island Farm

Hill Island Farm, also known as Noxontown Farm, is a historic home located in Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1790, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay brick dwelling with interior brick chimneys at both gable ends.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Odessa High School and Odessa Historic District.

Odessa High School

School

Odessa High School is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware. It has a Townsend postal address, while its name refers to nearby Odessa. Odessa High School is situated 1 mile east of Hill Island Farm.

Odessa Historic District

Protected area

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Odessa Historic District is a national historic district located at Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the shipping and trading center of Odessa. Odessa Historic District is situated 1½ miles north of Hill Island Farm.

Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church

Heritage site

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Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located on High Street in Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and built in 1851–1852. Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 1½ miles north of Hill Island Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fieldsboro and Odessa.

Fieldsboro

Locality

Fieldsboro is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Fieldsboro is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Fieldsboro Road, south of Odessa.

Odessa

Village

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Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Odessa had a population of 366. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name. Odessa is situated 1½ miles north of Hill Island Farm.

Townsend

Village

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Townsend is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Townsend had a population of 2,717. The center of population of Delaware is located in Townsend. Townsend is situated 3 miles southwest of Hill Island Farm.

Hill Island Farm

Type: House
Description: building in Delaware, United States
Categories: building, farm, heritage site, historic site, and residential building
Location: Town of Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.4343° or 39° 26′ 4″ north

Longitude

-75.66713° or 75° 40′ 2″ west

Open location code

87F6C8MM+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 376174705

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q14685469

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