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
- Delaware Memorial Bridge 5.5 km
- Wilmington and Western Railroad 18 km
- Delaware Bay 22 km
- Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania 25 km
- Chesapeake & Delaware Canal 26 km
- Commodore Barry Bridge 27 km
- Brandywine Battle Field 28 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
- Llangollen Estates 2.2 km
- Wilmington Manor, Delaware 2.4 km
- "Wilton" 2.6 km
- Churchman's Marsh 4.2 km
- Interstate 95 Exit 5 4.8 km
- Delaware Park 7.4 km
- White Clay Creek Hundred 9 km
- Mill Creek Hundred 13 km