Faulkland, Delaware

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Faulkland, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Faulkland
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Faulkland
Coordinates: 39°44′51″N75°38′8″W / 39.74750°N 75.63556°W / 39.74750; -75.63556 Coordinates: 39°44′51″N75°38′8″W / 39.74750°N 75.63556°W / 39.74750; -75.63556
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID213951 [1]

Faulkland is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, [1] approximately two miles west of Wilmington. Faulkland has only one main road, Faulkland Road. No post office has ever existed in the very small community. The Wilmington and Western Railroad runs parallel through the area with a level crossing at Faulkland Road. Hyde Run, a Red Clay Creek tributary, runs through the area.

History

Faulkland's population was 300 in 1890, [2] and 281 in 1900. [3]

A newspaper, called The Faulkland Quiz , was published in the community during the 1890s. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Faulkland". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  4. ↑ "The Faulkland Quiz". Chronicling America . Library of Congress.


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