Delaware City, Delaware

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Delaware City

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Delaware City.

Interstate 95 13 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

History of Delaware City

Delaware's Circular Border RoadyGoat

1681

Delaware has the only circular state boundary in the United States, and it exists because of a jurisdictional accident from the 1680s. When King Charles II granted William Penn the land that became Pennsylvania in 1681, he carved out an exception: the lands within a twelve-mile radius of New Castle, Delaware, which already belonged to the Duke of York. The Duke had taken them from the Dutch. In 1682, the Duke transferred those same lands to Penn anyway, but as a separate entity, not part of Pennsylvania. That quirk eventually made Delaware its own colony and its own state. In 1750, a commission fixed the center of the circle at the cupola of the New Castle Courthouse, built in 1732 and one of the oldest courthouses in America. The circle creates bizarre consequences. Its arc extends into the Delaware River past the low-tide mark on New Jersey's shore, giving Delaware sovereignty over water that would otherwise belong to New Jersey. This has caused Supreme Court cases in 1907, 1934, 1935, and as recently as 2008 over a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal. The circle also intersects the Pennsylvania border in a way that creates a small wedge of land called the Delaware Wedge whose ownership was disputed for centuries. An entire state's existence traces back to a twelve-mile circle drawn around a courthouse.

20.0 mi away

Fort Delaware State Park

1859

Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island held up to 12,500 Confederate prisoners of war in brutal conditions.

Delaware City Historic District

1829

Delaware City boomed when the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal opened in 1829, then quieted when the canal was rerouted in 1927.

New Castle Court House Museum

1732

The 1732 courthouse in New Castle served as Delaware's colonial assembly until the capital moved to Dover in 1777.

5.8 mi away

Iron Hill Museum

1777

The Battle of Cooch's Bridge on September 3, 1777, was the only Revolutionary War battle fought on Delaware soil.

9.7 mi away

Delaware Memorial Bridge

1951

The twin suspension spans connecting Delaware to New Jersey are dedicated to veterans of all wars.

8.5 mi away

Thomas Garrett House Site

1820

Quaker abolitionist Thomas Garrett helped nearly 2,700 enslaved people escape to freedom through Wilmington.

11.3 mi away

Everything Near Delaware City

61 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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