New Castle County, Delaware Genealogy

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History

 * Renamed New Castle 11 November 1674 from Nieuw Amstel after the English captured the town of Nieuw Amstel on 6 November 1674.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Delaware City . New Castle . Newark . Wilmington
 * Towns: Bellefonte . Elsmere . Middletown . Newport . Odessa . Smyrna . Townsend
 * Villages: Arden . Ardencroft . Ardentown
 * Hundreds: Appoquinimink . Blackbird . Brandywine . Christiana . Mill Creek . New Castle . Pencader . Red Lion . St. George's . White Clay . Wilmington
 * Unincorporated communities: Bear . Blackbird . Brookside . Centreville . Christiana . Claymont . Edgemoor . Elmhurst . Glasgow . Greenville . Gwinhurst . Hockessin . Kirkwood . MacDonough . Manor . Marshallton . Minquadale . Montchanin . North Star . Pike Creek . Port Penn . Rockland . St. Georges . Stanton . Talleyville . Tybouts Corner . Wilmington Manor .Winterthur . Yorklyn

Neighboring Counties
Kent | Maryland Counties: Cecil | Kent | New Jersey Counties: Gloucester | Salem | Pennsylvania Counties: Chester | Delaware

Gazetteers of Places/Localities

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for New Castle County (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for New Castle County
 * The New Castle County DEGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.