Belvedere is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
New Castle County,
Delaware
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, United States. Belvedere is at the junction of
state routes 62 and
141, north of
Newport and south of
Prices Corner, from downtown
Wilmington. Belvedere uses the Wilmington
ZIP code of 19804.
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Belvedere is mostly made up of single-family homes and the commercial center is located along Newport Gap Pike. The community is served by the Belvedere Volunteer Fire Company. Police service in Belvedere is provided by the New Castle County Police Department. Students in the community attend public schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Belvedere is near a Delaware Army National Guard armory and the former ]Wilmington Assembly
Wilmington Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Wilmington, Delaware. The factory opened in 1947, and produced cars for GM's Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Saturn, Opel, and Daewoo brands during its operation. GM closed th ...
plant used by General Motors
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. The community has five churches. The Belvedere State Service Center is located in the community, and is home to the Belvedere Senior Center, an art studio, gymnasium, and a state service center that offers social services.African Americans
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who worked in nearby factories. In recent years, the community has seen issues with drugs and crime.[
]DART First State
The Delaware Transit Corporation, operating as DART First State, is the only public transportation system that operates throughout the U.S. state of Delaware. DART First State provides local and inter-county bus service throughout the state and al ...
provides bus service to Belvedere, with the Route 9 bus running through the community on its route between Prices Corner and Wilmington.Amtrak
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and SEPTA Regional Rail
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's Wilmington/Newark Line
The Wilmington/Newark Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in the Philadelphia area. The line serves southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, with stations in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and ...
.[
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Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware
Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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