Blue Ball, Delaware

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Blue Ball, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Blue Ball
Coordinates: 39°46′38″N75°32′41″W / 39.77722°N 75.54472°W / 39.77722; -75.54472
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID216043 [1]

Blue Ball is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1] [2] [3] Blue Ball is located at the junction of U.S. Route 202, Delaware Route 141, and Delaware Route 261, north of Wilmington. [4] It takes it name from eponymous tavern. [5] [6] [7] The area was originally developed by the Weldin family. [8] Many of the structures in the area has since been demolished. [9]

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  1. 1 2 "Blue Ball". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "These 12 Towns In Delaware Have The Strangest Names You'll Ever See". OnlyInYourState. March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (2013), The WPA Guide to Delaware: The First State, Trinity University Press (reprint), p. 422, ISBN   9781595342072
  4. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Blue Ball Tavern Site Handout" (PDF). deldot.gov.
  6. ↑ "The History of the Blue Ball Tavern & The Purpose of the Blue Ball" (PDF). deldot.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Blue Ball Barn" (PDF). www.destateparks.com.
  8. ↑ "Background Research" (PDF). deldot.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Then&Now: Foulk Road at Concord Pike".


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