Blue Ball, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

39°46′38″N 75°32′41″W / 39.77722°N 75.54472°W / 39.77722; -75.54472CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

295 ft (90 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS 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]

References

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