Wilmington, Delaware

Everything Wilmington is known for

5 songs mention this city 116 artists from here

Wilmington, Delaware, the largest city in the state and a major corporate and financial center, boasts a rich musical heritage. The city has been home to 116 artists across diverse genres, including jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and blues-rock icon George Thorogood. Songs like Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" also mention Wilmington.

Music in Wilmington

Songs About Wilmington

Bad to the Bone
George Thorogood
70%
Move It On Over
George Thorogood
60%
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
George Thorogood
55%
Bad Mutha Fucka
Hinder
7%
"I'm pretty sure George Thorogood / Wrote me a song"
I’ve Seen a Lot of Highway
Billy Don Burns
4%
"From Wilmington to Barstow and over to LA"

Artists From Wilmington

C
Clifford Brown
jazz Pop: 75
C
Chevelles
indie Pop: 71
G
George Thorogood
blues Pop: 70
K
Kiiara
r-n-b Pop: 61
G
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
blues Pop: 59
T
The Spinto Band
rock Pop: 48
b
barnacle boi
electronic Pop: 46
S
Sukihana
hip-hop Pop: 46
T
The Diplomats
hip-hop Pop: 45
M
Matthew Shipp
jazz Pop: 36
L
Lady Bunny
other Pop: 36
T
The Tree
rock Pop: 36
F
Friends of the Family
folk Pop: 34
T
Travis Orbin
metal Pop: 32
G
Greg Adams
jazz Pop: 32
S
Simulakra
metal Pop: 31
T
The Needles
indie Pop: 31
T
The GOOD GOOD GRIEF
indie Pop: 31
J
JUST JAMES
electronic Pop: 31
S
Scorched
metal Pop: 30

Showing top 20 of 116 artists

Rivers & Roads in Song near Wilmington

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Wilmington.

Interstate 95 13 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

History of Wilmington

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.

9.0 mi away

Caesar Rodney Statue - Rodney Square

1776

Caesar Rodney rode 80 miles through a thunderstorm to cast Delaware's tie-breaking vote for independence on July 2, 1776.

Thomas Garrett House Site

1820

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

Hagley Museum and Library

1802

E.I. du Pont founded his black powder mill along the Brandywine Creek in 1802, launching one of America's greatest industrial dynasties.

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

1839

Henry Francis du Pont transformed his family estate into the premier museum of American decorative arts with nearly 90,000 objects.

5.0 mi away

Old Swedes Church (Holy Trinity)

1698

Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington, built in 1698, is one of the oldest churches in America still in use.

Nemours Estate

1910

Alfred I. du Pont built this 77-room Louis XVI-style mansion on 300 acres, the largest formal French garden in North America.

Everything Near Wilmington

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

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