Mechanicsville, Delaware

Not to be confused with Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania.

Mechanicsville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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 ID	214295 [1]

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]

Education

Previously Mechanicsville was in the Newark School District. ^[3]

References

1. "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.
3. Mowery, Roger (1974). "Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware State Department of Instruction. p. 71 (PDF p. 89/97). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2025.