Blackbird, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

39°22′15″N 75°39′33″W / 39.37083°N 75.65917°W / 39.37083; -75.65917CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

46 ft (14 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS feature ID216038^[1]

Blackbird is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Blackbird is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Blackbird Station Road, southeast of Townsend. The Blackbird State Forest is nearby.^[2]

The community was originally a stagecoach stop along the King's Highway and was settled around a mill at the head of the Blackbird Creek. The name is believed to have originally been Blackbeard after the pirate Blackbeard, who, according to tradition, used the lower part of the Blackbird Creek as a harbor and stored booty along its banks.^[3]

References

^ "Blackbird". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. ISBN 9780403022144. Retrieved April 10, 2009.