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New Castle
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city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Delaware
- County
- New Castle
- Total
- 3.52 sq mi (9.12 km )
- Land
- 3.48 sq mi (9.01 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3.0 m)
- Density
- 1,596.0/sq mi (616.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 19720-19721, 19726
- Fips code
- 10-50800
- Website
- newcastlecity .delaware .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- New Castle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Castle County
- Population
- 5551
- Area
- 9.124191
- Elevation
- 3
- Body of water
- Delaware River
- Capital of
- Delaware Colony
- Official website
- newcastlecity.delaware.gov
- Image
- Habs new castle county court house.jpg
- Households
- 2577
- Dialing code
- 302
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- topic's main category
- Category:New Castle, Delaware
- Commons category
- New Castle, Delaware
- inception
- 1640-00-00
- postal code
- 19726
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Castle, Delaware
- water as percent of area
- 3.5171
- P8168
- Arabia
- per capita income
- 45543
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The city is located six miles (10 km) south of Wilmington and is situated on the Delaware River. As of 2020, the city's population was 5,551. New Castle constitutes part of the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.