McClellandville, Delaware

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McClellandville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
2022-07-19 15 09 19 View south along Delaware State Route 896 (New London Road) at Wedgewood Road in McClellandville, New Castle County, Delaware.jpg
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McClellandville
Coordinates: 39°42′34″N75°46′37″W / 39.70944°N 75.77694°W / 39.70944; -75.77694
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
289 ft (88 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID214287 [1]

McClellandville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, in the U.S. state of Delaware. [1] McClellandville is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 896 and Wedgewood Road, northwest of Newark. [2]

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History

A post office called McClellandville was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1908. [3] The community was named for William McClelland, a pioneer settler. [4]

McClellandville contains two properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Samuel Lindsey House [5] and the Wesley M.E. Church.

Education

Previously McClellandville was in the Newark School District. [6]

Today, public schools serving McClellandville are managed by New Castle County, though zoning shifts mean many students now attend schools associated with the Colonial School District, Christina School District, or the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Precise assignment depends on parcel address and local boundary definitions.

Here are some local schools within reasonable proximity (around New Castle):

Calvin R. McCullough Middle School (Grades 6–8) – located in New Castle, part of the Colonial School District.

Bedford (Gunning) Middle School, Castle Hills Elementary, among several other Colonial District schools, serve the area as per Census-based locators.

Other districts (Christina and Red Clay) may include schools like:

R. Elisabeth Maclary Elementary (Christina School District).

John Dickinson School, a Red Clay secondary school with an IB program.

Students in New Castle County — including those from McClellandville — can opt into New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District programs (e.g., Delcastle, Hodgson, Howard, and St. Georges Tech), offering 41 CTE tracks, dual enrollment, and industry credentials.

Nearby flagship: Delcastle Technical High School in Newport (1417 Newport Rd), serving 1,598 students across Grades 9–12.

K–12 education for McClellandville is now part of New Castle County’s patchwork of districts — Colonial, with possible overlap by Christina or Red Clay.

Middle and elementary schools within New Castle County are accessible, alongside the robust vocational‑technical high school options.

References

  1. 1 2 "McClellandville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Castle County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  193.
  5. ↑ "Samuel Lindsey House". Landmark Hunter. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mowery, Roger (1974). "Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware State Department of Instruction. p. 71 (PDF p. 89/97). Retrieved March 30, 2025.


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