Gwinhurst, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Gwinhurst is located in Delaware
Gwinhurst
Gwinhurst
Gwinhurst is located in the United States
Gwinhurst
Gwinhurst
Coordinates: 39°47′30″N 75°28′44″W / 39.79167°N 75.47889°W / 39.79167; -75.47889
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216851[1]

Gwinhurst is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States[1][2] in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.[3]

Location

Gwinhurst lies five miles northeast of Wilmington[4] in the Brandywine Hundred and is located between Claymont and the incorporated town of Bellefonte. Perkins Run, Delaware River tributary, lies at its northern end; other borders are shared with Holly Oak[2] and the similar neighborhoods Silverside Heights and Hillendale.[5] Public services are mainly provided by New Castle County. Gwinhurst is within the Brandywine School District.

History

Gwinhurst was first planned in 1919.[6] Soon after, the first buildings at Gwinhurst were six bungalows built on speculation. Lot size at Gwinhurst was 20 by 100 feet, but deed restrictions set by the seller demanded houses have no less than 40 feet of frontage thus requiring buyers to purchase at least two lots to build.[7] By 1940, homes in the expanded community were marketed as moderately priced and purchasable with Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance loans.[8]

As of 2012 there were 432 residential properties and a population of 1200 in the community.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gwinhurst". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "A Blend of Old and New". The News Journal. March 18, 1993. p. 73.
  3. ↑ Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses Archived 2008-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, Office of Management and Budget, 2007-11-20. Accessed 2008-12-10.
  4. ↑ L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH,J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN (1966). Delaware Place Names (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 (Report). Government Printing Office (U.S.A.).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ New Castle General Highway Map
  6. ↑ "Alphabetical Index of Subdivisions" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ Susan Mulchahey Chase, David LAmes, Rebecca J. Siders (June 1992). "Suburbanization in the Vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware, 1880-1950+/-:A Historic Context". Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Homes offered near Holly Oak". The Morning News. April 27, 1940. p. 33.
  9. ↑ "Gwinhurst Delaware Website". Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2012.


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