Fort Delaware
Fort Delaware is a military installation in New Castle County, Delaware. Fort Delaware is situated nearby to the park Fort Mott, as well as near the village Delaware City.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Delaware and Fort Mott.
Fort Delaware
Protected area
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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. Fort Delaware is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Fort Delaware.
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 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 3½ miles southeast of Fort Delaware.
Sinnickson Landing
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. Sinnickson Landing is situated 4 miles east of Fort Delaware.
Fort Delaware
- Type: Military installation
- Category: historic site
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.58944° or 39° 35′ 22″ northLongitude
-75.56741° or 75° 34′ 3″ westOpen location code
87F6HCQM+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 37923899OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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