Christiana, Delaware

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Christiana, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Christiana, Delaware
Location within the state of Delaware
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Christiana, Delaware
Christiana, Delaware (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°39′54″N75°39′36″W / 39.66500°N 75.66000°W / 39.66500; -75.66000
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
30 ft (9 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19702
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID213798 [1]

Christiana is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, located on the Christina River, 12 miles southwest of Wilmington. It is home to the Christiana Hospital and the Christiana Mall and is the location of the northern terminus of Delaware Route 1 at an interchange with Interstate 95. Despite sharing a name with Christiana Hundred, the community of Christiana is located in White Clay Creek Hundred.

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Christiana Mall

History

It is named after the Christina River, which is in turn named after Christina, Queen of Sweden who oversaw the founding of New Sweden in 1638.

The Christiana Historic District, Charles Allen House, John Lewden House, Old Fort Church, Public School No. 111-C, and James Stewart Jr. House and George Hillis Sr. House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]

Christiana's population was 400 in 1890, [3] 381 in 1900, [4] 411 in 1925, [5] and 500 in 1960. [6]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Christiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  4. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  5. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 175.
  6. ↑ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.
  7. ↑ "USA TODAY: Find out why Charles Barkley named his daughter after a Delaware shopping mall". USA Today .


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