Saint Georges, Delaware | |
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 Community as shown along Broad Street in April 2021 | |
  Saint Georges, Delaware Location within the state of Delaware Show map of Delaware Saint Georges, Delaware Saint Georges, Delaware (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:39°33′18″N75°39′01″W / 39.55500°N 75.65028°W /39.55500; -75.65028 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.45 sq mi (3.76 km2) |
| • Land | 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,957 |
| • Density | 1,419.2/sq mi (547.96/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 19733 |
| Area code | 302 |
| FIPS code | 10-63800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 214574[2] |
Saint Georges is anunincorporated town and formermunicipality situated on theChesapeake and Delaware Canal inNew Castle County,Delaware, United States, approximately midway between theDelaware River andChesapeake Bay.
St. Georges was settled before 1730 at the head of the St. Georges Creek. A tavern was built in 1735 and King's Highway was constructed through the settlement in 1762. St. Georges was incorporated as a town in 1825.[3] After being divided by theChesapeake and Delaware Canal and then bypassed by a newer bridge, the town asked to have their charter revoked by the state in 1940.[4] The community has at least one civic association, the North Saint Georges Civic Association which represents the community to the New Castle County Council.[5]
TheSenator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge (Delaware Route 1) passes just west of the community. It is the onlycable-stayed bridge in theDelaware Valley and one of the first in the nation. It opened in 1995 as a replacement to the still standingSt. Georges Bridge, which carriesU.S. Route 13 over the community of St. Georges and the canal. The St. Georges Bridge is in turn a replacement for a formerlift bridge that sat in the middle of town. That bridge—built in 1923—was knocked down on January 10, 1939, by the 6,000-tonfreighterWaukegan. The freighter lost control, hit the north tower of the bridge, and caused it to collapse. Two people died: the bridge tender and the bridge electrician.[6] One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge. It was a small pedestrian swing bridge that crossed over the formerSaint Georges Locks. It was destroyed when the locks were dismantled during the first widening and deepening (to sea level) of the canal.
Bloomfield, theW. Casperson House,Linden Hill,Ethel S. Roy House,St. Georges Cemetery Caretaker's House,St. Georges Presbyterian Church,Starl House,Sutton House (St. Georges, Delaware), and theNorth Saint Georges Historic District are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[7]
The community is located in New Castle County District 12 and is represented to thecounty council by Councilman James W. (Bill) Bell.[8][9][10]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1850 | 199 | — | |
| 1860 | 269 | 35.2% | |
| 1870 | 265 | −1.5% | |
| 1880 | 338 | 27.5% | |
| 1890 | 323 | −4.4% | |
| 1900 | 325 | 0.6% | |
| 1910 | 264 | −18.8% | |
| 1920 | 245 | −7.2% | |
| 1930 | 265 | 8.2% | |
| 1940 | 339 | 27.9% | |
| 2020 | 1,957 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[11] | |||
Saint Georges is in theColonial School District.[12] It operatesWilliam Penn High School.
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