Welcome to Grubbs Landing ...

So far, we found very little information about Grubbs Landing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Grubbs Landing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grubbs Landing, please Contact Us.

Grubbs Landing would have been located within present day New Castle County<2>.

The location of Grubbs Landing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grubbs Landing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Grubbs Landing: Grubbs Lndg. (or less commonly used: Grubbs Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Grubbs Landing for more information about variations on the name of Grubbs Landing.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grubbs Landing is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Grubbs Landing was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Grubbs Landing once stood is in the (302) area code.

Communities near Grubbs Landing ...

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

• 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 northeast)
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 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>
• Gloucester City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Darby
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • 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.<3> 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

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 Grubbs Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grubbs Landing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grubbs Landing. 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 Grubbs Landing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grubbs Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Grubbs Landing.

Adding Grubbs Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grubbs Landing in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grubbs Landing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Grubbs Landing post office opened in 1884 and with the post office name of Grubbs.

We also found Grubbs Landing in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grubbs Landing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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