Mechanicsville, Delaware

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Mechanicsville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Mechanicsville
Coordinates: 39°43′01″N75°47′01″W / 39.71694°N 75.78361°W / 39.71694; -75.78361
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
292 ft (89 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID214295 [1]
Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania. PA-Delaware-wedge.png
Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania.

Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1]

The community is located in "The Wedge", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th-century border dispute settlement between the Penns and Calverts in the British North American colonies. Until 1921, Mechanicsville was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Delaware. A resolution allocated Mechanicsville and The Wedge to Delaware, which owns it today. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mechanicsville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ Soniak, Matt (February 11, 2011). "Livin' on the Wedge: The Long, Strange History of a Disputed Border". Mental Floss . Retrieved July 13, 2020.


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