Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from actual surveys & recotds /
Summary
General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names; city insets (save Wilmington) show real-property tracts (lots), building coverage, and some owners' names.
Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries and Wilmington city wards.
Delaware River estuary depths shown by form lines.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.M. Hopkins in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
LC copy imperfect: Brittle, shellacked, cracked, darkened, originally printed on separate sheets later conjoined on cloth backing.
Includes "Census of Delaware" population table, road distance table, 13 city/town insets (including Wilmington, Delaware City, New Castle, Newark, Newport, Odessa), and local business directories (advertisements).
LC Land ownership maps, 71
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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