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Pages in category "Companies based in New Castle County, Delaware" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
7th Street is a retail and residential corridor just north of Center City Allentown. It is Allentown's fastest growing commercial corridor and serves as the primary gateway to Allentown with new streetlights, planters, and waste receptacles. Neighborhood service establishments and family-owned ethnic restaurants dominate business on 7th Street.
Albertus L. Meyers Bridge (in foreground) and the skyline of Center City Allentown, including the PPL Building (in background), in May 2007 Entrance to the PPL Center (on left) at 701 Hamilton Street in Center City Allentown in October 2018 The 24-story PPL Building, Center City Allentown's tallest building, at 2 North 9th Street in January 2007 Allentown Art Museum on North 5th Street in ...
Prior to the establishment of Penn's Philadelphia, New Castle was a center of government.After being transferred to Penn, Delaware's Swedish, Dutch, and English residents became accustomed to the relaxed culture of the Restoration monarchy and grew uncomfortable with the more conservative Quaker influence, so Delaware petitioned for a separate legislature, which was finally granted in 1702.
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census , the population was 570,719, [ 1 ] making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948.
The Delaware Memorial Bridge opened in 1951, and US 40 was rerouted north along US 13 before heading east along the bridge approach, with Delaware Route 273 (DE 273) extended east along the former route into New Castle. In 1959, the Delaware Memorial Bridge approach became a part of I-295.
DE 71 passes north–south through Middletown on Broad Street and heads north to the Summit Bridge and south to Townsend and U.S. Route 13. DE 299 passes east–west through Middletown on Main Street. Delaware Route 15, a rural road, is concurrent with DE 299 at Middletown, allowing access to Dover and Smyrna.
There are 224 sites in northern New Castle County outside Wilmington, which are listed at National Register of Historic Places listings in northern New Castle County, Delaware. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17, 2025.