Rockland, Delaware
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19732. It stands on Wilson Run. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle. It stands 194 feet above sea level.
On record in Rockland
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 3 records
House at 901 Mt. Lebanon Rd.listed 2017
Rockland Historic Districtlisted 1972
William Young Houselisted 1982
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
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 Rockland: 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
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockland in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | Rockland Road was closed due to high water between Mount Lebanon Road and Black Gates Road near Rockland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland Woods | 0.3 miles | 35 | |
| Edenridge | 0.6 miles | 35 | |
| Woodbrook | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Sharpley | 0.9 miles | 35 | |
| Tavistock | 1.0 miles | 35 | |
| Montchanin | 1.0 miles | 35 | |
| Winterthur | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Fairfax Farms | 1.2 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 Rockland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7355415 | 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 214552. 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.
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.













