Pencader, Delaware

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 within a mile 12 of 25 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• Edward R. Wilson Houselisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
• Newark Passenger Stationlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
• Memorial Halllisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
• Chambers Houselisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
• Deer Park Farmlisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
• Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1listed 1982 · 0.7 miles away
• Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2listed 1982 · 0.7 miles away
• State Theaterlisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
• St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
• Anderson Houselisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
• Old Newark Comprehensive Schoollisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
• Meteer Store Houselisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away

Every listing in New Castle County

Matched 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.

• 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
• 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
• 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
• 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1993 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pencader between 2003 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Catalina Gardens
• College Park
• Newark
• Robscott Manor
• Wilson
• Cherry Hill

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pencader: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in New Castle County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216930. 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.