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Wrangle Hill, Delaware

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Red Lion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19720. The Survey maps it on the Saint Georges quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.

Wrangle Hill within New Castle County

On record in Wrangle Hill

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 printed sheets

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.

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wrangle Hill: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Delaware Plant GettySulfurPlant
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
Woodlawn Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in New Castle County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Corbit0.6 miles32
Saint Georges Heights1.1 miles32
Rolling Meadows1.4 miles32
Birds Corner1.4 miles32
Williamsburg1.5 miles32
Reybold1.7 miles32
Saint Georges1.7 miles32
Red Lion2.0 miles32

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 Wrangle HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8037562The 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 216258. 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.