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Alapocas, Delaware | |
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  Alapocas  Alapocas | |
| Coordinates: 39°46′15″N 75°33′34″W / 39.77083°N 75.55944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 217138[1] |
Alapocas is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1] It is a suburban development located just north of the city limits of Wilmington, Delaware, west of U.S. Route 202 (Concord Pike), and south of Delaware Route 141. It is also the location of Wilmington Friends School, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and Alapocas Run State Park. It was established in 1936.[2]
Reed, Paula S. (2019). "A Historic Saga of Settlement and Nation Building" (PDF). National Park Service (USA). Retrieved September 12, 2021. In 1935, the Trustees began to prepare a plan for their first residential development outside the Wilmington city boundary� The development tract, to be called Alapocas, adjoined the Alapocas Woods park� It featured the new Wilmington Friends School located at the center of the development� A gift from Emma Bancroft's estate and her two daugh- ters facilitated the purchase of the school parcel from the Woodlawn Trustees in 1935� In 1938, after the preparation of the site's roads and with building restrictions in place, the Trustees began selling lots in the Alapocas development: "The first lots in Alapocas aver- aged about 75– to 80–feet wide and 150–160 feet deep and prices started at $2,190�00 ... sold to individuals or a selected list of builders�"89 Not surprisingly, given the lingering economic troubles in the late 1930s and the ensuing World War II interruption (1941 –1945), it appears that initial sales were slow� At the time of the 1943 United States Geological Survey (USGS) survey, only a small section was completed� By 1954, it appeared to be essentially complete and occupied�
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https://eu.delawareonline.com/story/onlyindelaware/2014/04/05/delaware-wealthy-neighborhood-alapocas/7352009/
"Plan and Specification for Stree Sweeping 2018-2019" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alapocas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Alphabetical Index of Subdivisions" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation.
Category:Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware Category:Populated places established in 1936 Category:1936 establishments in Delaware Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware