New Castle (Del.)
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987007566920705171
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Name (Hebrew)
ניו קסל (דלאוור)
Name (Latin)
New Castle (Del.)
Other forms of name
Aresapa (Del.)
Cannekonkan (Del.)
Delaware Town (Del.)
Fort Casimir (Del.)
Fort Casimires (Del.)
Fort Kasimier (Del.)
Fort Trefalldigheet (Del.)
Fort Trinity (Del.)
nnaa New Castle, Del
Coordinates
-75.56527778 -75.56527778 39.66472222 39.66472222 (gooearth )
W0753359 W0753359 N0393943 N0393943 (geonames )
See Also From tracing place name
New Amstel
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GNIS, Aug. 19, 2010(New Castel; New Castle County, Del.; ppl.; 393943N; 0753359W; variants: Aresapa; Cannekonkan; Delaware Town; Fort Casimir; Fort Casimires; Fort Kasimier; Fort Trefalldigheet; Fort Trinity)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°39ʹ43ʺN 075°33ʹ59ʺW)
- Official zoning map, City of New Castle, Delaware, 1980:map recto (City of New Castle, Del.)
- LC data base, 9-14-83(hdg.: New Castle, Del.)
- Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1982(New Castle, in New Castle Co.; inc.)
- NUCMC data from Historical Society of Delaware for Abstracts relating to Delaware from the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam, 1625-1700(New Amstel; later became New Castle, Del.)
- Delaware place names, 1966(New Castle was settled as an Indian village and given the name Tamakonck [no publs. in LC database]; in 1651 the Dutch estab. Fort Casimir [no publs. in LC database] and laid out first town in Delaware, calling it Santhoeck [no publs. in LC database]; this was seized by the Swedes in 1654 who used the names Quinamkot [no publs. in LC database] and Fort Trefalldigheet [no publs. in LC database]; the town was regained by the Dutch in 1655 and in 1657 name changed to New Amstel; captured by the English in 1664 and named New Castle)