Holly Oak, Delaware

Unincorporated town in Delaware, United States

39°47′18″N 75°28′44″W / 39.78833°N 75.47889°W / 39.78833; -75.47889CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

79 ft (24 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS feature ID214109^[1]

Holly Oak is an unincorporated town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Holly Oak is located northwest of U.S. Route 13 Business between Silverside Road and Harvey Road to the northeast of Wilmington and southwest of Claymont. It was once served by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. Perkins Run, a Delaware River tributary, mouths at Holly Oak.

References

^ ^a ^b "Holly Oak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH,J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN (1966). Delaware Place Names (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 (Report). Government Printing Office (U.S.A.).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Kraft, J. C.; Thomas, R. A. (1976). "Early Man at Holly Oak, Delaware". Science. 192 (4241): 756–761. Bibcode:1976Sci...192..756K. doi:10.1126/science.192.4241.756. PMID 17777164.
^ Holly Oak Journal