Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Fort Delaware in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Fort Delaware. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Fort Delaware listed first.
- Delaware City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reybold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reybold is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reybold
- Saint Georges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corbit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Corbit is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit
- Port Penn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Pennsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ)
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- Bear
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Lion is located in New Castle County
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- Kirkwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Porter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Porter is located in New Castle County
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- Christiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farnhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farnhurst is located in New Castle County
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- Keeney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Keeney is located in New Castle County
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- McDonough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
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- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hancocks Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
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- Quinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
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- Penton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Penton is located in Salem County (NJ)
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- Acton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Salem County (NJ)
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- Summit Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
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- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in New Castle County
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- Harmersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harmersville is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmersville
- Stanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
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- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in New Castle County
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- Ogletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ogletown is located in New Castle County
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- Ruthby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthby is located in New Castle County
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- Glasgow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glasgow is located in New Castle County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Delaware, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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