Holloway Terrace, Delaware

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Holloway Terrace, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Holloway Terrace
Coordinates: 39°42′06″N75°32′47″W / 39.70167°N 75.54639°W / 39.70167; -75.54639 Coordinates: 39°42′06″N75°32′47″W / 39.70167°N 75.54639°W / 39.70167; -75.54639
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID214105 [1]

Holloway Terrace is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holloway Terrace is located on the outskirts of the city of Wilmington along Delaware Route 9 and Interstate 295, southwest of the Port of Wilmington.

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History

Lots in the community, an early suburb of Wilmington, were first sold in May 1916. [2] The Wilmington Evening Journal reported that 300 plots of land had sold on the first day; these sales included subscriptions to the Evening Journal. [3]

Holloway Terrace was adjacent to the New Castle Trolley Line. [3]

The residents formed the Holloway Terrace Civic Association and Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 on September 20, 1921, to provide representation and protection for the community. [4]

By 1966, Holloway Terrace had a population of 1,100. [5] This area continued to grow, and by the 1970s, the majority of Delawareans lived in the suburbs surrounding Wilmington, including early suburbs like Holloway Terrace, Claymont, and Holly Oak. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Holloway Terrace". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "300 Lots Sold First Day". Wilmington Evening Journal. 1916-05-08. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. 1 2 "Three Hundred Lots at Holloway Terrace Have Already Been Sold". Wilmington Evening Journal. 1916-05-08. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  4. ↑ "History - Holloway Terrace Fire Company - New Castle County, Delaware". Ht20fc.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  5. ↑ Heck, L. W.; Wraight, A. Joseph; Orth, Donald J.; Carter, J. R.; Winkle, L. G. Van; Hazen, Janet (1966). Delaware Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 55. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ↑ Munroe, John Andrew (2006). History of Delaware. University of Delaware Press. p. 244. ISBN   978-0-87413-947-1.
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