Delaire, Delaware

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Delaire, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Delaire
Coordinates: 39°46′41″N75°29′04″W / 39.77806°N 75.48444°W / 39.77806; -75.48444 Coordinates: 39°46′41″N75°29′04″W / 39.77806°N 75.48444°W / 39.77806; -75.48444
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
82 ft (25 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID216838 [1]

Delaire is a suburban community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1]

Delaire is located on a hilltop overlooking the Delaware River northeast of Bellefonte [2] between U.S. Route 13 Business (Philadelphia Pike) and U.S. Route 13. [3] It abuts Bellevue State Park and Stoney Creek. [4] [5]

Delaire was developed in the 1940s from the subdivision of 61 acres (25 ha) of the Volpe Tract, former site of the Bellevue Gun Club. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In 1980 it was described as being typical of the Brandywine Hundred: "solid, all masonry, all middle-class, mostly white-collar, and mostly Republican". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Delaire". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH,J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN (1966). Delaware Place Names (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 (Report). Government Printing Office (U.S.A.).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Moyed, Ralph E. (March 5, 1980). "Neighbourliness is a knotty word". The News Journal. p. 3.
  4. ↑ Parker, Jim (March 4, 1993). "Pretty Persuasion". The News Journal. p. 71.
  5. ↑ "The Morning News". May 10, 1941. p. 33 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ WIL. "Delaware Spaces: Bellevue Hills home retains milk bottle drop box". DelawareOnLine. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Alphabetical Index of Subdivisions" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  8. ↑ "The Morning News". October 5, 1940. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "The Morning News". July 20, 1940. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "The News Journal". April 27, 1940. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.


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