Mechanicsville, Delaware | |
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Coordinates: 39°43′01″N 75°47′01″W / 39.71694°N 75.78361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Elevation | 292 ft (89 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 302 |
GNIS feature ID | 214295[1] |
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Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1]
The community is located in "The Wedge", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th-century border dispute settlement between the Penns and Calverts in the British North American colonies. Until 1921, Mechanicsville was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Delaware. A resolution allocated Mechanicsville and The Wedge to Delaware, which owns it today.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mechanicsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ^ Soniak, Matt (February 11, 2011). "Livin' on the Wedge: The Long, Strange History of a Disputed Border". Mental Floss. Retrieved July 13, 2020.