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Welcome to Arden ...

The village of Arden is located in New Castle County<1>.

Arden was established in 1900.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Arden has a population of 436 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Arden is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Arden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Arden: 302

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Arden had an population of 436 people. This is a decrease of 0.68% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.02% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Arden had a population of 439 people. This makes Arden the county's 10th most populous community.

The population of Arden represents 0.05% of the population of Delaware (which has 897,934 people), making it the state's 38th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 439 people, the population of Arden decreased 7.38% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 474 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Arden.

Communities Also Named Arden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Arden - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Arden.

Communities near Arden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Arden.

  • Philadelphia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
  • Wilmington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Newark is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Delaware County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
  • West Chester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yeadon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Yeadon is located in Delaware County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
  • Darby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Darby is located in Delaware County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
  • Lansdowne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>
  • Woodbury
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
  • Collingdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Arden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arden. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arden.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arden ...

Looking for more information about Arden? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Arden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Arden.

Adding Arden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arden in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Arden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Arden post office opened in 1950. The Arden post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including New Castle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Arden.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/