Red Lion, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

39°36′30″N 75°39′50″W / 39.60833°N 75.66389°W / 39.60833; -75.66389CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

33 ft (10 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS feature ID216190^[1]

Red Lion is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.^[2] Red Lion is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 7 and Delaware Route 71, northwest of Delaware City and southwest of New Castle.^[3] The community takes its name from a colonial tavern.^[4] and lends it name to the Red Lion Hundred.

References

^ "Red Lion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
^ brown, robin. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names". The News Journal.