Red Lion, Delaware

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Red Lion, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Red Lion
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Red Lion
Coordinates: 39°36′30″N75°39′50″W / 39.60833°N 75.66389°W / 39.60833; -75.66389 Coordinates: 39°36′30″N75°39′50″W / 39.60833°N 75.66389°W / 39.60833; -75.66389
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID216190 [1]

Red Lion is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [2] Red Lion is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 7 and Delaware Route 71, northwest of Delaware City and southwest of New Castle. [3] The community takes its name from a colonial tavern. [4] and lends it name to the Red Lion Hundred.

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References

  1. ↑ "Red Lion". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  3. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  4. ↑ brown, robin. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names". The News Journal.


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