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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