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New Castle County, Delaware

183 topographic sheets cover 779 settlements here, and 411 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

411 National Register listings published here, 12 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Delaware within the United States
New Castle County within Delaware

What the record shows

  • 26,758 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 411 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 334 buildings, 60 districts, 9 sites and 8 structures.
  • 132 of the 411 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 788 populated places in this county; 779 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

411

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Academy of Newarkbuilding197676000573
Achmesterdistrict197979000626
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2building198282002334
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1building198282002335
African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron Hillbuilding2021100006887
Aiken's Tavern Historic Districtdistrict197777000388
Air Service, Inc. Hangar at Bellanca Airfieldbuilding200505000601
Charles Allen Housebuilding198383001348
American Vulcanized Fibre Company-Wilmington Plantbuilding2020100005688
Amstel Housebuilding197777000386
Anderson Housebuilding198383001384
Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghousebuilding197272000288
Archmerebuilding199292001143
James Armor Housebuilding199292001141
Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.building199393000628
A. Armstrong Farmbuilding198686003083
Armstrong-Walker Housebuilding198585002103
Ashland Bridgestructure197373000506
Ashton Historic Districtdistrict197878000903
Auburn Mills Historic Districtdistrict198080000939
Augustine Beach Hotelbuilding197373000537
Augustine Paper Millbuilding197878000909
Baily Housebuilding198282002336
Baily Housebuilding198282002336
Bancroft and Sons Cotton Millsdistrict198484000439
Bank of Newark Buildingbuilding198383001345
Bartley-Tweed Farmbuilding198686003084
Baynard Boulevard Historic Districtdistrict197979000631
Bell Farmhousebuilding198383001344
Belleviewbuilding198585002104
Bellevue Range Rear Light Stationstructure200606000313
Belmont Hallbuilding198383001386
Biddle Housebuilding197878000908
Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farmbuilding198787001508
Bloomfieldbuilding198282002354
Blue Hen Farmbuilding198383001346
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday Schoolbuilding197272000291
Brandywine Parksite197676000574
Brandywine Park and Kentmere Parkway (Boundary Increase)district198181000192
Brandywine Powder Mills Districtdistrict198484000819
Brandywine Village Historic Districtdistrict197171000229
Brandywine Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)district197676002296
Braunstein's Buildingbuilding198585003190
Breck's Mill Areadistrict197171000230
Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District (Boundary Decrease)district198887000683
Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198887000663
Brindley Farmbuilding197676000575
Brook Ramblebuilding199292001137
Jacob Broom Housebuilding197474000602
Dr. John A. Brown Housebuilding197979000632
Florence and Isaac Budovitch Housebuilding2020100004954
Buena Vistabuilding197171000228
Building at 140 W. Main Streetbuilding198282002337
Building at 28-34 1/2 Academy Streetbuilding198282002338
Building at 34 Choate Streetbuilding198383001387
John Carney Agricultural Complexbuilding200909000050
Carpenter-Lippincott Housebuilding198383001388
Stuart Randall & Pricilla Kellogg Carswell Housebuilding201111000844
W. Casperson Housebuilding198282002355
Center Meeting and Schoolhousebuilding197171000224
Centreville Historic Districtbuilding198383001338
Chambers Housebuilding198383001389
Chambers Housebuilding198888003132
Joseph Chandler Housebuilding198383001390
Chelseabuilding198282002325
Choptankbuilding198585002108
Choptank-Upon-The-Hillbuilding198585003528
Christiana Historic Districtdistrict197474000600
Church Street Historic Districtdistrict198787000944
Clearfield Farmbuilding197373000540
Cleaver Housebuilding198585002116
Abner Cloud Housebuilding199292001144
Cloud-Reese Housebuilding200101000885
Cochran Grangebuilding197373000514
Coffee Run Mission Sitedistrict197373000509
Collison Housebuilding199393000635
Compton Park Apartmentsbuilding2024100010936
Continental Army Encampment Sitesite197373000547
Cooch's Bridge Historic Districtdistrict197373000528
Cooch's Bridge Historic District (Boundary Decrease)district199997000790
Cool Spring Park Historic Districtdistrict198383003513
Cool Spring Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)district200707000792
Corbit-Sharp Housebuilding196767000004
Cornucopiabuilding198787001517
Correll's Farm and Lawn Supplybuilding198282002327
Cox-Phillips-Mitchell Agricultural Complexsite2017100000729
Crosby and Hill Buildingbuilding198585000148
Curtis Mansionbuilding198282002339
Curtis Paper Mill Workers' Housesbuilding198282002340
Darley Housebuilding197373000508
Dauneport Housebuilding2022100008081
Dean, Joseph, & Son Woolen Millbuilding197878000901
Deer Park Farmbuilding198383001347
Deer Park Hotelbuilding198282002341
Delaware Academy of Medicinebuilding200303000240
Delaware Avenue Historic Districtdistrict197676000576
Delaware Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198787000034
Delaware City Historic Districtdistrict198383003515
Delaware Trust Buildingbuilding200303000238
Delmarva Power and Light Buildingbuilding198585000149
Dilworth Housebuilding197373000538
Jacob Dingee Housebuilding197070000171
Obadiah Dingee Housebuilding197070000172
S. P. Dixon Farmbuilding198686003085
Dragon Run Farmbuilding198282002328
P. S. Dupont High Schoolbuilding198686002917
East Brandywine Historic Districtdistrict198585003220
Davis Eastburn Farmbuilding198686003087
J. Eastburn Barnbuilding198686003088
Eastburn-Jeanes Lime Kilns Historic Districtdistrict197777000389
Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canalstructure197575000543
Eighth Street Park Historic Districtdistrict198383001334
Eighth Street Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198484000841
Eleutherian Millsdistrict196666000259
A. Eliason Housebuilding198585002110
Elm Grangebuilding198585002120
England House and Millbuilding197272001597
George Evans Housebuilding198282002342
John Evans Housebuilding198383001392
Exchange Buildingbuilding198282002343
Fairviewbuilding198484000835
Fairviewbuilding198282002326
Fairviewbuilding198585003523
Fairviewbuilding198787001494
Fell Historic Districtdistrict198383001335
Robert Ferguson Housebuilding197979000628
Zachariah Ferris Housebuilding197070000173
Fields Heirsbuilding198585002109
Andrew Fisher Housebuilding197373000525
Fleming Housebuilding198080000934
Foord & Massey Furniture Company Buildingbuilding200606000145
Fort Christinasite196666000260
Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Islandbuilding197171000226
Fort Dupont Historic Districtdistrict199999001275
Friends Meetinghousebuilding197676000577
Galloway-Walker Housebuilding199393000633
Garrett Snuff Millbuilding197878000913
Garrett Snuff Mills Historic Districtdistrict198080004486
Gatehousebuilding197171000233
II George Read Housebuilding100000872
Gibraltarbuilding199898001098
Glebe Housebuilding197373000521
Glynrichbuilding197979000633
J. M. Gordon Housebuilding198585002121
Govatos'/McVey Buildingbuilding198585000150
Grace United Methodist Churchbuilding198383001393
Robert Graham Housebuilding199797000835
Granite Mansionbuilding198383001394
Grantham-Edwards-McComb Housebuilding201615000977
Graves Mill Historic Districtdistrict197979000640
Charles Gray Printing Shopbuilding198585000151
Green Mansionbuilding198383001395
Green Meadowbuilding199292001132
Greenbank Historic Areabuilding197373000513
Greenbank Historic Area (Boundary Increase)building197979003441
Greenlawnbuilding197373000515
Robert Grose Housebuilding200101001006
Hale-Byrnes Housebuilding197272000290
B. F. Hanson Housebuilding198282002332
Harlan and Hollingsworth Office Buildingbuilding197979000634
Hart Housebuilding197373000544
Hazel Glenbuilding197878000904
Head of Christiana United Presbyterian Churchbuilding198383001343
Hedgelawnbuilding197373000516
Hermitage, Thebuilding197373000522
Hersey-Duncan Housebuilding199090001714
Hickman Blacksmith Shop and Housebuilding199494001078
Hickman Rowdistrict200606000284
S. Higgins Farmbuilding198585002122
Hill Island Farmbuilding199292001139
Hockessin Friends Meetinghousedistrict197373000510
Holladay-Harrington Housebuilding200404001077
Holly Oakbuilding2017100000843
S. Holton Farmbuilding198585002105
Holy Trinitybuilding196666000261
Homestead Hallbuilding2018100002770
House at 901 Mt. Lebanon Rd.building2017100000656
Howard High Schoolbuilding198585000309
Huguenot Housebuilding197373000545
Idalia Manorbuilding198585002118
Independence Mallbuilding2025100011906
Iron Hill School No. 112Cbuilding199595001032
Ivyside Farmbuilding198282002324
Jackson-Wilson Housebuilding2017100000844
Johnson Home Farmbuilding199292001133
Johnson, William Julius "Judy" Housebuilding199595001145
Johnson-Morris Housebuilding201111000036
Thomas Justis Housebuilding199393000989
Justis-Jones Housebuilding199898001096
Max Keil Buildingbuilding198585000152
Max Keil Buildingbuilding198585000153
Andrew Kerr Housebuilding198383001342
Killgore Hallbuilding199393000630
Joseph Killgore Housebuilding199393000627
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198989000008
La Grangebuilding197474000601
Laurelbuilding197474000603
Lesley-Travers Mansionbuilding197373000523
John Lewden Housebuilding197979003104
Charles and Edith Liedlich Housebuilding200606000283
Linden Hillbuilding198282002356
J. Lindsay Barnbuilding198686003089
Samuel Lindsey Housebuilding198383001397
Liston Housebuilding197373000546
Liston Range Front Lighthousebuilding200403001386
Liston Ranger Rear Light Stationdistrict197878000905
Lobdell Estate, Minquadale Homebuilding197373000548
Logan Housebuilding198080000935
Lombardy Hallbuilding197272000292
Charles B. Lore Elementary Schoolbuilding198383001337
Louviersbuilding197171000231
Lower Louviers and Chicken Alleybuilding197272000293
Lower Market Street Historic Districtdistrict198080000936
Lower Market Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198585000314
Lum's Mill Housebuilding197373000511
Comdr. Thomas MacDonough Housebuilding197878000902
Main Office of the New Castle Leather Companybuilding198585003191
Maple Grove Farmbuilding198585002106
Maplesbuilding197878000895
Marcus Hook Range Rear Lightbuilding198989000287
Marshallton United Methodist Churchbuilding198786002945
J. Mason Farmbuilding198686003091
Masonic Hall and Grand Theaterbuilding197272000294
Mayfieldbuilding199797000836
J. McCormack Farmbuilding198686003093
McCoy Housebuilding197373000512
J. McDaniel Farmbuilding198686003094
J. McIntyre Farmbuilding198686003098
Louis McLane Housebuilding197373000549
McWhorter Housebuilding198585002123
Meeteer Housebuilding199393000888
Memorial Hallbuilding198282002344
Merestonebuilding199595000093
Mermaid Tavernbuilding197373000529
Meteer Store Housebuilding198383001398
Middletown Academybuilding197272000284
Middletown Academybuilding197272000284
Middletown Historic Districtdistrict197878000896
Mill Creek Friends Meetinghousebuilding197373000530
Misty Valebuilding198585002111
Mitchell-Biden Housebuilding2025100012038
Mondamon Farmbuilding198585003524
Montchanin Historic Districtdistrict197878000900
Montereybuilding198080000933
Montgomery Housebuilding198888001160
William Morgan Farmbuilding198686003099
James Morrow Housebuilding198383001399
Mount Cubabuilding200303000172
Mount Cuba Historic Districtdistrict197979000627
Mount Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198484000845
Mount Pleasantbuilding199292001134
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonagebuilding199898001097
Mt. Airy School No. 27site198383001400
Naaman's Creek Schoolbuilding199090001715
Arnold S. Naudain Housebuilding197373000517
John B. Nelson Housebuilding197878000906
New Castle County Court Housebuilding197272000285
New Castle Historic Districtdistrict196767000003
New Castle Historic Districtdistrict198484000312
New Castle Ice Piersstructure198282002333
New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehousebuilding198383001401
New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Waysite197676002290
New Century Clubbuilding198383001336
Newark Opera Housebuilding198282002345
Newark Passenger Stationbuilding198282002346
Newark Union Church and Cemeterybuilding2020100004955
Newport National Bankbuilding199393000634
Newport Railroad Stationbuilding199493001515
North Saint Georges Historic Districtdistrict199595001033
Noxontownsite197373000518
Odessa Historic Districtdistrict197171000227
Odessa Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198484000846
Okolonabuilding198585003527
Old Asbury Methodist Churchbuilding197676000578
Old Brick Storebuilding197373000541
Old Cann Mansion Housebuilding198282002329
Old College Historic Districtdistrict197373000526
Old Customshousebuilding197474000604
Old Drawyers Churchbuilding197373000533
Old First Presbyterian Churchbuilding198282002347
Old First Presbyterian Church of Wilmingtonbuilding197272000295
Old Ford Dairybuilding198585002112
Old Ford Dairy (Boundary Increase)building198686003486
Old Fort Churchbuilding198383001402
Old Newark Comprehensive Schoolbuilding198282002348
Old Post Oficebuilding198282002330
Old St. Anne's Churchbuilding197373000519
Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198282002353
Old Town Hallbuilding197474000605
Old Town Hall Commercial Historic Districtdistrict198585000154
Old Union Methodist Churchbuilding197373000507
Ott's Chapelbuilding198686001555
Owl's Nest Country Placebuilding201010000597
Parker's Dairy Palacebuilding2019100004513
Penn Farm of the Trustees of the New Castle Commonbuilding199797001120
Pharo Housebuilding198484000850
Philips-Thompson Buildingsbuilding198080000937
Thomas Phillips Mill Complexbuilding198383001403
T. Pierson Farmbuilding198686003101
Point Farmbuilding198282002331
Poplar Hallbuilding198887002434
Port Penn Historic Districtdistrict197878000907
Postles Housebuilding198282001028
Public School No. 111-Cbuilding197979000625
Public School No. 19building198484000453
Public School No. 29building197878000894
Howard Pyle Studiosbuilding197878000911
Joshua Pyle House and Wagon Barnbuilding199393000887
Quaker Hill Historic Districtdistrict197979000635
Quaker Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198585003221
Philip Reading Tannerybuilding197878000897
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Churchbuilding197373000532
Reedy Island Range Rear Lightstructure198989000288
Retirement Farmbuilding198585002113
Reynold's Candy Company Buildingbuilding198585000155
Rhodes Pharmacybuilding198383001404
Riverview Cemetery Company of Wilmington, Delawaresite201212000378
Robinson Housebuilding197171000225
Rockford Parksite197878000912
Rockland Historic Districtdistrict197272000289
Rockwoodbuilding197676000579
Rodney Courtbuilding198080000938
Rodney Square Historic Districtdistrict201111000522
Rosedalebuilding198585002107
Rosemontbuilding200909000051
Rotheram Mill Housebuilding197272000287
Rumsey Farmbuilding197878000898
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (steamboat)structure197979000637
Savin-Wilson Housebuilding199292001135
Charles Schagrin Buildingbuilding198585000156
Frank E. Schoonover Studiosbuilding197979000636
Scott A.M.E. Zion Churchbuilding2024100010113
Sereck Shallcross Housebuilding197373000535
Shipley Run Historic Districtdistrict198484000854
Springer Farmbuilding198686003103
Charles Springer Tavernbuilding199292001142
Springer-Cranston Housebuilding199494001177
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Churchbuilding198484000851
St. Georges Cemetery Caretaker's Housebuilding198282002357
St. Georges Presbyterian Churchbuilding198484000263
St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Churchbuilding198282001024
St. James Churchbuilding197373000543
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Churchbuilding198282002349
St. Joseph's Catholic Churchbuilding200403001385
St. Joseph's Churchbuilding197878000899
St. Joseph's on the Brandywinedistrict197676000572
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Churchbuilding197676000580
St. Mary's Schoolbuilding198383001339
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Churchbuilding2021100006071
St. Thomas Episcopal Churchbuilding198282002350
Starl Housebuilding198282002358
Starr Housebuilding197171000232
State Theaterbuilding198383001405
James Steel Housebuilding198383001341
James Stewart Housebuilding198686001314
James Stewart Jr. Housebuilding198383001340
J. Stinson Farmbuilding198686003080
Stockton-Montmorencybuilding201212000165
Stonumbuilding197373000524
Strand Millas and Rock Springbuilding197373000520
Sutton Housebuilding197373000542
Swanwyckbuilding197777000387
William Talley Housebuilding198585000310
Joseph Tatnall Housebuilding199393000631
Taylor's Bridge Schoolbuilding2019100004079
David W. Thomas Housebuilding199292001136
Torbert Street Livery Stablesbuilding199898001095
Townsend Historic Districtdistrict198686001029
Henry Townsend Buildingbuilding198585000157
Trinity Episcopal Churchbuilding198484000855
U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhousebuilding197979000638
A. M. Vail Housebuilding198585002117
J. Vandegrift Housebuilding198585002114
Vandyke-Heath Housebuilding199292001130
John C. Vansant Housebuilding198989000007
Vernacular Frame Housebuilding198282002359
Village of Ardendistrict197373000550
Walker's Mill and Walker's Bankbuilding197272000296
J. Walker Farmbuilding198686003081
R. Walker Barnbuilding198686003082
Walnut Green Schoolbuilding199494001014
Walnut Lanebuilding197979000629
Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5building201111000697
Wawaset Park Historic Districtdistrict198686000008
Lewis Weldin Housebuilding199393000632
Welsh Tract Baptist Churchbuilding197373000527
Wesley M.E. Churchbuilding198383001407
West 9th Street Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200808001204
Westonbuilding198585003526
White Clay Creek Presbyterian Churchbuilding197373000531
White Hallbuilding199090001072
Williams Housebuilding197373000536
J. K. Williams Housebuilding198585002115
Wilmington Amtrak Stationbuilding197676000581
Wilmington Clubbuilding200606000282
Wilmington Rail Viaductstructure199999001276
Wilmington Savings Fund Societybuilding198585000158
Wilmington Trust Company Bankbuilding198282002351
Wilmington YMCAbuilding200202000035
Wilmington and Western Railroaddistrict198080000932
Edward R. Wilson Housebuilding198383001408
Windsorbuilding199292001131
Woman's Club of Newportbuilding199393000629
Wooddale Bridgestructure197373000552
Wooddale Historic Districtdistrict197979000630
Woodsidebuilding198585002119
Woodstockbuilding197373000551
Woodward Housesbuilding197979000639
F. W. Woolworth Company Buildingbuilding198786003755
Wright Housebuilding198282002352
William Young Housebuilding198282001029

Wildfire, 2003 to 2016

30 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 30 of them, burning about 25 acres. 1 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 April 2016Smoking10 acresDelaware Forest ServiceSAWMILL
17 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceFISH
16 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 874 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 874 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 31 injuries and about $40,051,780 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind444
Flash Flood156
Hail73
Flood71
Lightning49
Heavy Rain39
Tornado28
Funnel Cloud13
Waterspout1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide2 killed, 1 hurt, $8,000,000no account filed
August 2011Flash FloodMilford Xrds2 killedno account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSilverbrook1 killed, 1 hurtA tree was blown down onto a vehicle traveling in the right westbound lane of Lancaster Pike approaching Hedgerow Place in Wilmington. There were two occupants in the vehicle.
July 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 killedThe oppressive heat and humidity during the day on the 15th set the stage for a complex of severe thunderstorms the early morning of the 16th. A wide swath of downed trees and power lines occurred in northern parts of the county, mostly to the north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canals. A 52-year-old male in the Limestone Hills Development of Pike Creek was killed in his sleep as the severe thunderstorm snapped a 70-foot tall tree in half plunging it into his bedroom. His wife was unharmed. About 35,000 Delmarva Power and Light customers lost power. More than 10,000 still did not have it restored Monday morning the 17th. It was the utility's worst power outage since the March snow storm of 1958. Lightning ignited a fire that badly damaged two stores in the old post office in Hockessin Corner.
September 1979Tornado (F2)not stated5 hurt, $250,000no account filed
August 2012LightningBelvidere4 hurtA family of four people were struck and injured by lightning outside of the Cranston Hall Apartments in Prices Corner (Christina Hundred). They were sitting under a tree when they were indirectly struck. The 30-year-old male, 28-year-old female, 7-year-old boy and 1-year-old boy were transported to Christiana Hospital, where they were admitted and treated for minor injuries.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMonroe Park2 hurtLive local news coverage report of 2 people rushed to hospital after tree fell onto a home in Wilmington. Time estimated. Exact location not known.
August 2019LightningRoseville Park2 hurtA house was struck by lightning. Two men outside in close proximity were seriously injured. The lightning struck in clear air several miles away from a thunderstorm. Time estimated by radar.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGreenville2 hurtA tree fell onto a car due to thunderstorm winds, Two people were injured in the car.
September 2003Flash FloodNorth Portion1 hurt, $16,100,000no account filed
June 1989Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
November 1989Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1976Tornadonot stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 2010Flash FloodHolly Oak1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding in and around Wilmington. The flooding forced the safe evacuation of nearly three dozen infant and toddlers at an Elsmere day care center on Kirkwood Highway. The highway had up to four feet of water on it and was closed between Maple Avenue and Saunders Road. A bakery was also damaged by the flooding as were about 14 vehicles at the Veterans Affair Medical Center. In Wilmington, fire fighters made three water rescues. A man in his 50s was injured trying to rescue a woman stuck in flood waters. Three major roadways were closed including Governor Printz Boulevard. Elsewhere flooding along the Noneguch Creek near New Castle flooded Airport Road and several vehicles were stuck in high water in New Castle. The two day Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached 6 to 8 inches in the area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGranogue1 hurtTree fell onto a car resulting in an injury to the occupant. Time estimated from radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHockessin1 hurtVideo sent in of trees down on tents at a festival, causing the tents to collapse. Time estimated from radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindClaymont1 hurtA tree fell onto a tent at a church festival. The tree struck and injured a musician playing inside the tent at the time. Time estimated from radar.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDunleith1 hurtA Large tree was uprooted due to thunderstorm winds. The tree landed on a car located on Thompson Station Road and Brandywine Creek Road which trapped a female driver, who was injured.
December 2009FloodCoochs Bridge1 hurtRunoff from the heavy rain produced flooding along a couple of creeks and rivers in New Castle County during the morning and afternoon of the 9th along with poor drainage flooding. In Wilmington, a woman and her three children were rescued from flooding on 12th Street. Another water rescue occurred on Governor Printz Boulevard. In Stanton, an injured man was rescued from underpass flooding. Sections of Delaware State Routes 1 and 16 were closed in the county. ||The Christina River at Coochs Bridge was above its 10.5 foot flood stage from 626 a.m. EST through 215 p.m. EST on the 9th. It crested at 11.96 feet at 10 a.m. EST. The White Clay Creek near Newark was above its 13 foot flood stage from 841 a.m. EST through 240 p.m. EST. It crested at 14.15 feet at Noon EST. The Red Clay Creek at Wooddale was above its 7 foot flood stage at 856 a.m. EST through 1212 p.m. EST. It crested at 7.47 feet at 1030 a.m. EST. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton was above its 15 foot flood stage from 853 a.m. EST through 152 p.m. EST on the 9th. It crested at 15.67 feet at 1130 a.m. EST. ||Event precipitation totals included 2.30 inches at the New Castle County Airport, 2.28 inches in Newport, 2.14 inches in Newark, 2.11 inches in Middletown and 2.08 inches in Bear.
August 2008Heavy RainNewark1 hurtHeavy rain caused a roof collapse at the Towne Court Apartments on Thorn Lane just outside of Newark. Temporary roofing was in place and collapsed because of the rain. Three of the four apartments that were flooded were occupied. One person was injured and taken to the hospital. The Newark Agricultural Farm measured 0.39 inches, most of which fell within an hour.
July 2004Flash FloodCountywide1 hurtno account filed
January 1999Flash FloodNorth Portion1 hurtno account filed
November 1989Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
September 2021Flash FloodCoochs Bridge$3,600,000Widespread flash flooding occurred in New Castle County with many road closures. Several rivers and creeks in the county overflowed their banks, including the Christina River, the Red Clay Creek and the White Clay Creek. More than 200 residences were affected by the flooding.
June 1988Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
September 2004Tornado (F2)(Ilg)Wilmington Arpt$1,000,000no account filed
October 2010FloodMilford Xrds$600,000Flooding started early in the morning on October 1st. Governor Jack Markell declared a limited state of emergency in Delaware because of the flooding in Edgemoor.. The worst flood damage occurred in Edgemoor when the Shellpot Creek flooded and tore away a small bridge and gas lines on Colony Boulevard between 2 a.m. EDT and 3 a.m. EDT on the 1st and trapped about 1000 residents in their homes at the Summit Chase Colony North and Las Casas Apartments. In Christina, flooding along the Christina River forced the evacuation of about 25 families along East Main Street. Nineteen families were evacuated from the Kingsmill Mobile Home Park in Kirkwood after a small creek flooded. In Hockessin, houses near Mill Creek had basement flooding. The basement wall of a home on Halcon Drive near New Castle collapsed. Dozens of roads throughout the county flooded and there were numerous water rescues that included ones in Stanton, Newport and Wilmington. A mudslide closed Delaware State Route 141 near Newport. Two school districts closed for the day.| |The Brandywine Creek at Wilmington was above its 16.5 foot flood stage from 335 a.m. EDT through 1122 p.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 17.69 feet at 6 p.m. EDT. The Christina River at Coochs Bridge had major flooding, had its fourth highest crest on record and was the highest crest since September of 2004 with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne. The river was above its 10.5 foot flood stage from 112 a.m. EDT through 1002 a.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 13.06 feet at 615 a.m. EDT. The Red Clay Creek at Wooddale had major flooding and tied the fourth highest crest on record. It was the highest crest since June of 2006. The creek was above its 7 foot flood stage from 210 a.m. EDT through 1057 a.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 10.91 feet at 745 a.m. EDT. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton had moderate flooding and its fourth highest crest on record. It was its highest crest since September of 2004 with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne. The creek was above its 15 foot flood stage from 123 a.m. EDT through 1252 p.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 19.84 feet at 845 a.m. EDT. The White Clay Creek at Newark was above its 13 foot flood stage from 133 a.m. EDT through 136 p.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 16.0 feet at 445 a.m. EDT. ||Event precipitation totals included 9.32 inches in Claymont, 7.89 inches in Newport, 7.83 inches in Middletown and 7.58 inches at the New Castle County Airport.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNewark$500,000A squall line of severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across New Castle County, with the hardest hit areas in the northern part of the county. Numerous trees were uprooted and damaged, especially Tulip Poplars. In Newark, a couple of trees fell on homes and the siding was ripped away from one apartment building. In and around Wilmington, a large tree crashed through a home in Westover Hills. The Hagley Museum and Library lost eight trees. Elsmere and Hockessin were among the communties that were hardest hit by power outages.
July 2008LightningKirkwood$500,000A lightning strike and ensuing fire destroyed a home just east of Lump's Pond on Mariners Way in New Castle County. A firefighter suffered minor burns. Another lightning strike in Lump's Pond disrupted the county police radio communication. Communications was switched to a back-up system.
June 2004LightningHockessin$500,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHockessin$250,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees in the Hockessin, Coffee Run, Westminster, Canterbury Hills and Bella Vista areas of Mill Creek Hundred. A couple of homes and vehicles were damaged by the fallen trees. In the Westmister Development, old, massive trees were knocked down. Three homes on Ambleside Drive were so badly damaged by fallen trees that they were condemned. One garage with three Cadillacs within it was crushed on the same street. In Canterbury Hills, about fifty trees alone were knocked down and caused minor damage to homes.
June 2009Thunderstorm Wind(Ilg)Wilmington Arpt$250,000A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 76 mph at the New Castle County Airport. The same severe thunderstorm caused a partial roof collapse at an industrial park near New Castle County Airport, knocked down large trees in New Castle, knocked down a tree onto a vehicle in Wilmington and capsized seven boats at Battery Park on the Delaware River. The worst reported wind damage was the partial collapse of the roof of an auto parts storage facility near the airport. About a 200 foot section of the roof was torn away, another piece collapsed into the building. Pieces of the roof landed in the back yards of homes on Bunker Hill Road. Two front doors were also blown away. Two homes in New Castle suffered roof damage after trees fell on them. There were about thirty weather related incidences (downed trees and wires and transformers) reported throughout New Castle County. No injuries were reported. About 15,000 homes and businesses lost power because of the severe thunderstorm. Power was fully restored by the 3rd.
October 1990Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 2015Tornado (EF0)Garfield Park$200,000An EF-0 tornado occurred in eastern New Castle County in Minquadale (Brandywine Hundred). | |The tornado touched down near a trailer park off of New Castle Avenue. Eight units of the mobile home village and apartments on New Castle Avenue were damaged. A downed transformer went through one bedroom. Shingles and gutters were ripped from other homes. Six families were displaced and the Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at William Penn High School. The tornado damage extended eastward with a telephone pole sheered off and a tree down on Revis Avenue. Farther east, additional damage occurred on Harbor View Drive where roof damage and a wall collapse occurred at an industrial park. Several trees were also knocked down on Dock View Drive. ||The EF-0 tornado path length was about half a mile with a maximum path width of 75 yards. The estimated maximum wind speeds were 65 mph.
July 2007LightningNewark$200,000As thunderstorms moved across New Castle County, lightning caused damage to three structures. In Newark, in the Academy Hill Development, a lightning strike started a fire in the basement of one home. The home filled with smoke. It took twenty-five firefighters about forty minutes to extinguish the fire. Damage was estimated at $5,000. In New Castle, a lightning strike punched holes in an Artesian Water Tower on School Lane. It caused the tower to leak. In Delaware City, a lightning strike created a hole in the roof of a home on East Harvest Drive. The ensuing fire consumed a large portion of the roof as well as the master bedroom. Damage was estimated at $150,000.
July 2009LightningBear$125,000A lightning strike caused a townhouse fire on Creekside Court in the Christine Hollow Development in Bear. The fire burned the roof of the townhouse and adjacent townhouses also suffered minor damage. The townhome residents were displaced. Damage was estimated at $125,000.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLancaster Vlg$100,000A severe thunderstorm tore off the roof of a third story building within Wilmington. Wind damage occurred along Elm and Madison Streets within the city.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewark$100,000A gust front outrunning a cluster of severe thunderstorms entered near Newark in western New Castle County at approximately 11:57 pm EDT on the 29th. This gust front produced damaging wind gusts estimated from 65 to 70 mph as it traversed eastward across the county. Within approximately 20 minutes of the gust front passage, a potent line of severe thunderstorms tracked eastward into New Castle County. One thunderstorm cell in particular experienced rapid intensification and expansion as it tracked into New Castle County. Destructive wind gusts, estimated near 75 mph, resulted in tree and power line damage across the county. Multiple downed trees were reported in Middletown and Odessa. In addition, power poles were snapped by wind gusts estimated between 70 and 75 mph in Middletown. Severe thunderstorms exited eastern New Castle County, including Delaware City, at approximately 12:50 am EDT on the 30th.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindGlasgow$100,000A severe thunderstorm produced wind damage across central New Castle County, mainly just north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Downed trees damaged homes in the Fieldstone Crossing and Hickory Woods Developments in the Red Lion and Bear areas of Red Lion and New Castle Hundreds. Trees were reported knocked down along State Route 72, at the intersection of State Routes 72 and 71 and from Woods Road to School House Road near Bear. Farther to the east, trees and poles were also knocked down along Delaware State Route 9 in Delaware City. There was also roof damage to a couple of structures. A mesonet site measured a wind gust of 62 mph in the city.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLancaster Vlg$100,000A severe thunderstorm tore the entire roof off a home on North Harrison Street in Wilmington. About a dozen trees were knocked down throughout the city. Five or six telephone poles were knocked down on Lancaster Avenue and one tree fell onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 95.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKentmere$100,000A severe thunderstorm tore down several large oak and sycamore trees at the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington. The downed trees damaged several exhibits. The In Flight exhibit was destroyed. A downed tree also punctured a hole in the roof af the animal hospital and damaged a storage shed. No animals were injured. The zoo remained closed until the 13th.
May 2006LightningTownsend$100,000no account filed
July 2003LightningPort Penn$100,000no account filed
September 2000LightningBrandywine$100,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddletown$75,000no account filed
July 2025Flash FloodBelvidere$50,000Flash flooding was reported across portions of Wilmington. Both streets and buildings were flooded. People were stranded.
August 2024Flash FloodPorter$50,000Multiple vehicles stuck in flood waters in the communities of Kirkwood and Red Lion, including some water rescues. Additionally, a trailer park had to be evacuated.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBrandywine$50,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down approximately a dozen trees in the Concord Hills section of Brandywine Hundred near U.S. Route 202. Some of the downed trees damaged vehicles and homes. One home on South Rockfield Drive had its roof, garage and gutter damaged by a downed tree. Ramsey Road and Thompson Bridge Road were closed because of multiple downed trees. In addition, numerous trees were knocked down along Naamans Road. No injuries were reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChalfonte$50,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees north of Wilmington in Brandywine Hundred. A downed tree so badly damaged a home on Garfield Avenue in the Claymont area that it was condemned.
July 2005LightningMiddletown$50,000no account filed
June 2003LightningNewark$50,000no account filed
April 2002LightningOdessa$50,000no account filed
September 1993Tornado (F1)Summit Bridge$50,000no account filed
September 1993Tornado (F2)Mount Pleasant$50,000no account filed
June 2015LightningBrookside$30,000Lightning struck the roof of a Brookside Park house on Marlin Drive. It sparked a fire that caused about $30,000 in damage to the home and rendered it uninhabitable. The family of four were not injured and were assisted by the Red Cross in finding emergency shelter.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHolly Oak$30,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees in the Minquadale section of New Castle Hundred. A couple of homes were damaged by the fallen trees.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWilmington$25,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Wilmington.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindNewark$25,000A severe thunderstorm that moved through Newark sheared the bricks off of one building and also damaged shutters and windows at the Studio Green Apartments. Trees and power lines were also knocked down along Elkton Road.
July 2012LightningBrandywine Spgs$25,000A lightning strike and ensuing fire displaced more than a dozen residents in Marhsallton. (Mill Creek Hundred). Lightning struck the rooftop of a three-story building in the Villages of Clay Creek along Melson Road. The lightning strike also hit a water pipe which hampered efforts to douse the flames.

Mines and quarries

22 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 22 workings inside this county. 9 still produce and 13 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction11
Iron3
Clay2
Sulfur1
Chromium1
Titanium1
Aluminum1
Fluorine-Fluorite1
Titanium, Pigment1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Minerals/ Wilmington, De.ChromiumPast Producer
Delaware Plant GettySulfurPlant
Edgemoor Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1956
New Castle Plant C-E MineralsAluminumPlant
Wilmington Plant DupontTitaniumPlant
Wilmington Plantozark-MahoningFluorine-FluoritePlant
Delaware Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Delaware Brick Co. Pit and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Chestnut Hill MineIronPast Producer
Iron Hill MineIronPast Producer
Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De.IronPlant
Constructors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Delaware Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Delaware Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freeway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Freeway Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 40 FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Whittington Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodlawn Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Town by town, in the county's histories

97,702 words

The part of each published history that is about one town: 1 chapter, each reproduced complete.

TownChapter FromLength
WilmingtonHistoryA History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware : from Its Discovery by Hudson to the Colonization Under William Penn : to Which Is Added an Account of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Swedish Settlers, and a History of Wilmington, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time (1846)97,702 words in 7 parts

Every populated place in the county

788

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.