| McDonough, Delaware | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  McDonough  McDonough | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′29″N75°38′59″W / 39.49139°N 75.64972°W Coordinates: 39°29′29″N75°38′59″W / 39.49139°N 75.64972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 216150 [1] |
McDonough is a small unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1] The community lies north of Odessa and just due south of St. Georges. It is named for Captain Thomas Macdonough. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 538,479, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with just under 60% of the state's population of 897,936 in the same census. The county seat is Wilmington.
Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the South-Atlantic or Southern region. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, north by Pennsylvania, and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.
