New Castle Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the

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, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they presently have no meaningful use or purpose except as a geographical point of reference.

Boundaries and Formation

New Castle Hundred is that portion of

that lies south of the

Christiana River The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles (56 km) long, in northern Delaware in the United States, also flowing through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland. Near i ...

, north of Red Lion Creek, and generally east of Salem Church Road, excepting that portion in the north included in

Wilmington Hundred Wilmington Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they p ...

. It was one of the original hundreds in

created in 1682 and was named for the town of New Castle then the only town of consequence anywhere on the

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. When created it included some of the area now in

Pencader Hundred Pencader Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they pre ...

and

White Clay Hundred White Clay Creek Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, t ...

, both of which were split off in 1710, and some of the area in

, which was split off 1833. The city of New Castle, the

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and Wilmington Manor Census Designated Places (CDP) and the community of Red Lion are in New Castle Hundred.

Development

New Castle Hundred is a highly developed suburban and commercial area with considerable industrial development along the

and near Wilmington.

Geography

Important geographical features, in addition to the

and Red Lion Creek, include the

, which forms its eastern boundary. It is in the coastal plain region with a low ridge separating the

and

Transportation

Important roads include portions of

Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...

, Interstate 295, Interstate 495, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway (

Delaware Route 1 Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is the longest numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Delaware. The route runs from the Maryland state line in Fenwick Island, Sussex County, where the road continues south into that state as Maryland R ...

), the DuPont Highway (

U.S. Route 13 U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to US 1 in the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville ...

), the Pulaski Highway ( U.S. Route 40), Basin Road (

Delaware Route 141 Delaware Route 141 (DE 141) is a state highway that serves as a western bypass of Wilmington, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at DE 9 and DE 273 in New Castle and its northern terminus is an interchange with U.S. Rout ...

), New Castle Avenue and River Road (

Delaware Route 9 Delaware Route 9 (DE 9) is a state highway that runs from DE 1 near Dover Air Force Base in Kent County north to DE 2 in the city of Wilmington in New Castle County. DE 9 is a designated scenic highway known as the ...

), Christiana Road (

Delaware Route 273 Delaware Route 273 (DE 273) is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from Maryland Route 273 (MD 273) at the Maryland border near Newark east to DE 9 and DE 141 in New Castle. The route ...

). A portion of the

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad The New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road (NC&F) was opened in 1831, was the first railroad in Delaware and one of the first in the United States. About half of the route was abandoned in 1859; the rest became part of the Pennsylvania ...

, ran westward from New Castle through the center of the hundred, and the old New Castle Railroad connected New Castle with the mainline of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, which became the

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; this line is now

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's New Castle Secondary. {{Delaware Valley Hundreds in New Castle County, Delaware