Blue Ball, Delaware

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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. https://deldot.gov/environmental/archaeology/blue_ball/pdf/blue_ball_tavern_site_handout.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. https://deldot.gov/information/projects/CompletedProjects/blue_ball/pdfs/15_historybbtav.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. https://www.destateparks.com/wwwroot/downloads/celebrations/blue-ball-barn.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. https://deldot.gov/environmental/archaeology/weldin/pdf/phaseIII/03_bkgrd_resch.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  9. "Then&Now: Foulk Road at Concord Pike".