New Castle County, Delaware Genealogy

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County Courthouse
The New Castle County Government Center 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720-1648

History
1638 Swedes and Finns settle at Fort Christiana (now Wilmington). See New Sweden wiki article for more details. 1651 Dutch build Fort Casimir and settke Sandhook (now New Castle). See New Netherland wiki article for more details.


 * Renamed New Castle 11 November 1674 from Nieuw Amstel after the English captured the town of Nieuw Amstel on 6 November 1674.

Parent County
1673 New Castle County was created 8 August 1673 from New Amistel County. County seat: Wilmington

Neighboring Counties

 * Cities: Delaware City . New Castle . Newark . Wilmington
 * Towns: Bellefonte . Elsmere . Middletown . Newport . Odessa . Smyrna . Townsend
 * Villages: Arden . Ardencroft . Ardentown
 * Hundreds: Appoquinimink . Blackbird . Brandywine . Christiana . Mill Creek . New Castle . Pencader . Red Lion . St. George's . White Clay . Wilmington
 * Unincorporated communities: Bear . Blackbird . Brookside . Centreville . Christiana . Claymont . Edgemoor . Elmhurst . Glasgow . Greenville . Gwinhurst . Hockessin . Kirkwood . MacDonough . Manor . Marshallton . Minquadale . Montchanin . North Star . Pike Creek . Port Penn . Rockland . St. Georges . Stanton . Talleyville . Tybouts Corner . Wilmington Manor .Winterthur . Yorklyn

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Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for New Castle County (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Web Sites

 * The New Castle County DEGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for New Castle County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for New Castle County