Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area

Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area is a rest area in New Castle County, Delaware. Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area is situated nearby to the tourism office Tourist Info Center, as well as near Delaware Highway Memorial Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clearfield Farm and Duck Creek Village.

Clearfield Farm

Heritage site

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Clearfield Farm is a historic home located near Smyrna, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1755 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, four bay brick dwelling with a gable roof. Clearfield Farm is situated 1 mile northeast of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

Duck Creek Village

Protected area

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Duck Creek Village, also known as Salisbury, is a national historic district located at Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses three contributing buildings that are the remnants of a mid-18th century community. Duck Creek Village is situated 1 mile south of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center

Prison

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The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, formerly the Delaware Correctional Center, is a state prison for men in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, USA, with a Smyrna post office address. James T. Vaughn Correctional Center is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smyrna Landing and Smyrna.

Smyrna Landing

Hamlet

Smyrna Landing is an unincorporated community in Kent and New Castle counties of Delaware, United States. Smyrna Landing is located along Smyrna Landing Road at the crossing of Duck Creek, east of Smyrna. Smyrna Landing is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

Smyrna

Town

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Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. The section in Kent County is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area while the portion in New Castle County is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Smyrna is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

Clayton

Village

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Clayton is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. Located almost entirely in Kent County, it is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 3,961 at the 2020 census. Clayton is situated 2½ miles south of Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area.

Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area

Type: Rest area
Category: transportation
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.3227° or 39° 19′ 22″ north

Longitude

-75.61812° or 75° 37′ 5″ west

Open location code

87F689FJ+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 654024497

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=rest_area

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