1New Castle, Delaware
Right outside of Wilmington is a city called New Castle, DE. Their historic New Castle Courthouse Museum is rich in history. Established as one of the first courthouses in the US, the tour here gave us quite an insight into the history of Delaware. https://www.nps.gov/frst/planyourvisit/new-castle-court-house.htm
One of the things we learned was that Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania when William Penn was granted deed from the King of England. It was called the three lower counties when it was part of Pennsylvania. The three lower counties didn’t necessarily agree with Penn and his views and eventually petitioned to break off from that state and become their own. The state of Delaware was established. Fun fact…the state of Delaware consists to this day of only three counties and has the smallest number of counties even though it’s not the smallest state.
Another thing we didn’t know about Delaware was that the northern border is round. The reason why is complicated, but the center of the circle was said to be the center of the courthouse we visited and has a 12-mile radius. We thought this was interesting.
The city of New Castle was the landing place of William Penn when he arrived in the America’s. There is so much history in this small little town. Shops and historical restaurants, old churches and cemeteries, parks, and wharfs. We didn’t have long enough to explore but what we did learn here was very interesting. https://newcastlecity.delaware.gov/
