Hares Corner, Delaware

Hares Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Hares Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13/U.S. Route 40 and Delaware Route 273, west of New Castle and immediately south of Wilmington Airport.[2]

Hares Corner, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Hares
Corner
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Corner
Coordinates: 39°39′55″N 75°36′15″W
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
66 ft (20 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)302
GNIS feature ID216108[1]

History

The community was once a stagecoach stop and a cattle market.[3] Hares Corner was home to the Green Tree Inn, which was demolished in 1931 to allow US 13 to be widened to a divided highway.[4]

The Hares Corner post office operated from 1863 to 1891.[5] According to historian Harvey Cochran Bounds, the 1890 opening of the post office at nearby Farnhurst "had more than a little to do" with the closure of the Hares Corner post office.[6]

In 1890, Hares Corner's population was 50.[7]

In the 1920s, Hares Corner was the site of fox hunting; these events were hosted by the Hares Corner Community Club.[8]

References
  1. "Hares Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names".
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  5. "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  6. Bounds, Harvey Cochran (1938). A Postal History of Delaware. Press of Kells. p. 51.
  7. Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  8. "Hare's Corner Dogs Get Fox in River". Wilmington Evening Journal. 1923-02-01. p. 23. Retrieved 2021-08-19.


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