Brackenville, Delaware

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Brackenville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Brackenville
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Brackenville
Coordinates: 39°46′50″N75°40′59″W / 39.78056°N 75.68306°W / 39.78056; -75.68306
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
322 ft (98 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID216803 [1]

Brackenville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1] Brackenville is located at the intersection of Brackenville Road and Old Wilmington Road, east of Hockessin. [2]

In 1809, William Brackend bought land along the road running from Wilmington to Lancaster. With the opening of the Wilmington Turnpike (Lancaster Pike) in 1818, he opened a hotel named the "Peace and Plenty". The hotel stood on the northwest corner of Old Lancaster Pike and Brackenville Road; it was demolished before 1937.

References

  1. 1 2 "Brackenville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.


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