Foulk Woods, Delaware | |
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  Foulk Woods  Foulk Woods | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′45″N75°31′14″W / 39.81250°N 75.52056°W Coordinates: 39°48′45″N75°31′14″W / 39.81250°N 75.52056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 367 ft (112 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 217128 [1] |
Foulk Woods is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1]
Foulk Woods is located north of the intersection of Delaware Route 261 and Silverside Road, east of Talleyville and 4.8 miles north of Wilmington. [2]
In September 1955, W. Percival Johnson, a well known local contractor, announced his company would start the development of a new community called "Foulkwood" [3] that would have "half-acre lots with large single family homes." [3] It named for Faulk Road (which itself had been named for an early settler to the Brandywine Hundred [4] ) the main roadway in the community. The development opened one year and consisted of split-level and two-story houses with a Colonial-style architectural theme. [5] The original houses were marketed for about $20,000. [6] The neighborhood's civic association was founded in 1959. [7]
A second entrance to the community, Longwood Road, was built in the 1960s. Around that time the final expansion the community was made, bringing the total number of homes to 172. [8] Speed bumps were added in 1983, after resident concerns over child safety. [9] [10] Records show that many of the residents worked for DuPont. [11]
From c. 1959 until at least 1967, the community had a baseball team that competed in the Concord Baseball League (CBL). [12] [13] [14]
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