Brandywine Hundred
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Brandywine Hundred | |
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Coordinates: 39°47′30.84″N 75°28′43.68″W / 39.7919000°N 75.4788000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
Founded | 1682 |
Brandywine Hundred (also known as North Wilmington) is an unincorporated subdivision of
Grubb's Landing
Brandywine Hundred, also known as Grubb's Landing, was settled by two sons of
Boundaries and formation
Brandywine Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north of the
Development
Excepting a still wooded area along Brandywine Creek, the area is completely suburban with almost continuous industrial, commercial and residential development. The eastern portion was built out early in the twentieth century with the remainder in the decades following World War II. The town of Bellefonte, the villages of Arden, Ardencroft, and Ardentown, the Claymont and Edgemoor Census Designated Places (CDP), and the community of Talleyville are in Brandywine Hundred. In recent decades the Hundred has become a major edge city of Philadelphia due in part to Delaware General Corporation Law.
Geography
Important geographical features, in addition to the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, include the
Transportation
Important roads include portions of
In media
Mitchell Hundred, the fictional mayor of New York City and central protagonist of
Education
Brandywine School District serves Brandywine Hundred.[4]
Famous residents
- Joe Biden, President of the United States, lived a large part of his life in Claymont
- John Carney, Governor of Delaware, Claymont
See also
- Ebright Azimuth
- John Grubb (Delaware settler)
- Valentine Hollingsworth
Notes
- ^ "University of Delaware: GRUBB FAMILY PAPERS". lib.udel.edu. 2012-05-23. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Villages of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware". deahgp.genealogyvillage.com.
- Tony Harris (p), Tom Feister (i). Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days, p. 11/2 (2005). WildStorm.
- ^ "Welcome to the Brandywine School District!". Brandywine School District. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
References
- "The Hundreds of Delaware". The University of Delaware Library. 2001. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2012-12-15.