Hares Corner, Delaware

Hares Corner, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Hares Corner is located in Delaware
Hares Corner
Hares
Corner
Hares Corner is located in the United States
Hares Corner
Hares
Corner
Coordinates: 39°39′55″N 75°36′15″W / 39.66528°N 75.60417°W / 39.66528; -75.60417
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
66 ft (20 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216108[1]

Hares Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Hares Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13/U.S. Route 40 and Delaware Route 273, west of New Castle and immediately south of Wilmington Airport.[2]

History

The community was once a stagecoach stop and a cattle market.[3] Hares Corner was home to the Green Tree Inn, which was demolished in 1931 to allow US 13 to be widened to a divided highway.[4]

The Hares Corner post office operated from 1863 to 1891.[5] According to historian Harvey Cochran Bounds, the 1890 opening of the post office at nearby Farnhurst "had more than a little to do" with the closure of the Hares Corner post office.[6] In 1890, Hares Corner's population was 50.[7] In the 1920s, Hares Corner was the site of fox hunting; these events were hosted by the Hares Corner Community Club.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hares Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ Brown, Robin. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names". The News Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. ISBN 9780403022144. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Bounds, Harvey Cochran (1938). A Postal History of Delaware. Press of Kells. p. 51.
  7. ^ Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  8. ^ "Hare's Corner Dogs Get Fox in River". Wilmington Evening Journal. February 1, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved August 19, 2021.


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