Blue Ball, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Blue Ball is located in Delaware
Blue Ball
Blue Ball
Blue Ball is located in the United States
Blue Ball
Blue Ball
Coordinates: 39°46′38″N 75°32′41″W / 39.77722°N 75.54472°W / 39.77722; -75.54472
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216043[1]

Blue Ball is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1][2][3] Blue Ball is located at the junction of U.S. Route 202, Delaware Route 141, and Delaware Route 261, north of Wilmington.[4] It takes it name from eponymous tavern.[5][6][7] The area was originally developed by the Weldin family.[8] Many of the structures in the area has since been demolished.[9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blue Ball". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "These 12 Towns In Delaware Have The Strangest Names You'll Ever See". OnlyInYourState. March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (2013), The WPA Guide to Delaware: The First State, Trinity University Press (reprint), p. 422, ISBN 9781595342072
  4. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ https://deldot.gov/environmental/archaeology/blue_ball/pdf/blue_ball_tavern_site_handout.pdf
  6. ↑ https://deldot.gov/information/projects/CompletedProjects/blue_ball/pdfs/15_historybbtav.pdf
  7. ↑ https://www.destateparks.com/wwwroot/downloads/celebrations/blue-ball-barn.pdf
  8. ↑ https://deldot.gov/environmental/archaeology/weldin/pdf/phaseIII/03_bkgrd_resch.pdf
  9. ↑ "Then&Now: Foulk Road at Concord Pike".


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