12-Mile Circle
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The original Delaware colony was originally chartered to encompass all lands within a 12 mile radius from the center of the courthouse in New Castle excluding land granted to New Jersey, but including the Delaware River. Unfortunately poor measurement of the Mason-Dixon Line cut off part of the circle in MD and left the so called Wedge as not part of any state until officially recognized by law in 1921.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve-Mile_Circle
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°39'45"N 75°36'0"W
- Interstate 95 Exit 5 6.4 km
- Wilmington and Western Railroad 18 km
- Delaware Bay 24 km
- Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania 25 km
- Chesapeake & Delaware Canal 26 km
- Brandywine Battle Field 28 km
- Mantua Creek Anchorage 39 km
- Cape May Court House, New Jersey 91 km
- Rio Grande, New Jersey 93 km
- Wildwood Boardwalk 100 km
- New Castle Hundred 0.4 km
- New Castle Airport (KILG/ILG) 2 km
- Penn Acres 2.1 km
- Llangollen Estates 2.2 km
- Wilmington Manor, Delaware 2.4 km
- "Wilton" 2.6 km
- Churchman's Marsh 4.2 km
- Delaware Park 7.4 km
- White Clay Creek Hundred 9 km
- Mill Creek Hundred 13 km