Brackenville, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

39°46′50″N 75°40′59″W / 39.78056°N 75.68306°W / 39.78056; -75.68306CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

322 ft (98 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS feature ID216803^[1]

Brackenville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.^[1] Brackenville is located at the intersection of Brackenville Road and Old Wilmington Road, east of Hockessin.^[2]

In 1809, William Brackend bought land along the road running from Wilmington to Lancaster. With the opening of the Wilmington Turnpike (Lancaster Pike) in 1818, he opened a hotel named the "Peace and Plenty". The hotel stood on the northwest corner of Old Lancaster Pike and Brackenville Road; it was demolished before 1937.

References

^ ^a ^b "Brackenville". 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. Retrieved July 21, 2016.