Greenville, Delaware
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19807. It lies near Holly Island. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle. 3,104 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
On record in Greenville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
John Carney Agricultural Complexlisted 2009
Holladay-Harrington Houselisted 2004
Owl's Nest Country Placelisted 2010
St. Joseph's on the Brandywinelisted 1976
Stockton-Montmorencylisted 2012
Walnut Green Schoollisted 1994- Mount Cubalisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresGreenville grew from 2,326 to 3,104 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,326 | |
| 2020 | 3,104 | +778 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 2003 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | STRIKER |
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Greenville: 2 plants, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Fairville Mica Occurrence | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
Storms near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | 2 hurt | A tree fell onto a car due to thunderstorm winds, Two people were injured in the car. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Trees down in Greenville. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Trees and power poles down n Greenville. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Trees and wires were downed in Greenville. Time estimated from radar. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A tree was downed near the intersection of Montchanin Rd and Buck Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and wires in Greenville (Christina Hundred). |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down large tree limbs and wires in Greenville in Christina Hundred. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down some large trees in and around Greenville. At least one road was blocked by fallen trees. About 8,000 homes and businesses lost power in New Castle County. There were still nearly 1,000 homes and businesses without power at 9 p.m. EDT that evening. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Manor | 0.2 miles | 35 | |
| Greenville Development | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Montchan | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Greenville Place | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Nanticoke Farms | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Monroe Park | 0.5 miles | 35 | |
| Fairthorne | 0.5 miles | 35 | |
| West Farm | 0.6 miles | 35 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Greenville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q755754 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 214034. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.













