Red Lion, Delaware

Red Lion, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Red Lion is located in Delaware
Red Lion
Red Lion
Red Lion is located in the United States
Red Lion
Red Lion
Coordinates: 39°36′30″N 75°39′50″W / 39.60833°N 75.66389°W / 39.60833; -75.66389
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216190[1]

Red Lion is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[2] Red Lion is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 7 and Delaware Route 71, northwest of Delaware City and southwest of New Castle.[3] The community takes its name from a colonial tavern.[4] and lends it name to the Red Lion Hundred.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Red Lion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  3. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  4. ^ brown, robin. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names". The News Journal.


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