Welcome to Arden ...

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

The location of Arden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Arden was established in 1900.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Arden has a population of 436 people<3> (see below for details).

The community of Arden is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Arden is within the boundaries of the (302) area code.

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 total 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <5>
• Wilmington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <5>
• Newark
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <5>
• Chester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
• West Chester
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <5>
• Yeadon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <5>
• Darby
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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  • Darby is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <5>
• Lansdowne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <5>
• Woodbury
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
• Collingdale
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingdale
  • Collingdale is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collingdale <5>

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 for Arden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for New Castle County: www.co.new-castle.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/