 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
New Castle (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 075 34 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -75.5667 decimal degrees |
|
Note: S of Wilmington; situated on Delaware river; captured by Swedes 1654; retaken by Dutch 1655; seized by British 1664; American Revolutionary leader George Read was interred in yard of the Immanuel Church; Old Dutch House constructed late 17th cen. |
Names: |
|
| New Castle (preferred,C,V)
|
............ | renamed 1664 |
| Niew Amstel (H,V)
|
............ | until 1664 |
| Santhoeck (H,V)
|
............ | original settlement established 1651 |
| Aresapa (C,V)
|
| Cannekonkan (C,V)
|
| Delaware Town (C,V)
|
| Fort Casimir (C,V)
|
| Fort Casimires (C,V)
|
| Fort Kasimier (C,V)
|
| Fort Trefalldigheet (C,V)
|
| Fort Trinity (C,V)
|
| Macherish Kitton (C,V)
|
| Neucastle (C,V)
|
| New Amstel (C,V)
|
| New Castel (C,V)
|
| New Castl (C,V)
|
| New Castle Town (C,V)
|
| Nieuwer-Amstel (C,V)
|
| Tamakonck (C,V)
|
| Tamecongh (C,V)
|
| Trefaldighet (C,V)
|
| Trefalldigheet (C,V)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
Place Types: |
|
| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
............ |
settled by Dutch settled 1651 |
| city (C) |
............ |
incorporated 1875 |
| industrial center (C) |
|
| state capital (H) |
............ |
until 1777 |
| county seat (H) |
............ |
of Lower Counties-on-Delaware, 1704-1776 |
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|
