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==Geography== [[File:Chesapeake and Delaware Canal eastern entrance.jpg|thumb|right|Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|494|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|426|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|68|sqmi}} (13.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The boundaries of New Castle County are described in Β§ 102 of the Delaware Code.<ref name=DelCode102>{{Cite web| title=Delaware Code, Title 9| url=http://delcode.delaware.gov/title9/c001/index.shtml| date=October 31, 2008| publisher=State of Delaware| access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref> The county is drained by [[Brandywine Creek (Christina River)|Brandywine Creek]], [[Christina River]], and other channels.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=New Castle (Delaware)|display=New Castle, a N. county of Delaware}}</ref> Its eastern edge sits along the [[Delaware River]] and [[Delaware Bay]]. Two small [[exclave]]s of the county and the state lie across the Delaware River, on its east bank on the [[New Jersey]] side, [[Finns Point]] adjacent to [[Pennsville Township, New Jersey]], and the northern tip of [[Artificial Island, New Jersey|Artificial Island]], adjacent to [[Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey]].<ref>Schoonejongen, John. [http://blogs.app.com/capitolquickies/2010/09/10/how-delaware-got-on-jerseys-side-of-the-river/ "How Delaware got on Jerseyβs side of the river"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 10, 2010. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Killcohook, in Pennsville Township, is another. Not only is it a 'confined disposal facility' for dredging materials, Killcohook is also the name of a nearby wildlife refuge. It borders another wildlife refuge, Supawna, as well as the Finns Point National Cemetery, the Finns Point Lighthouse and Fort Mott State Park."</ref> New Castle County, like all of Delaware's counties, is subdivided into [[Hundred (county subdivision)|hundreds]]. New Castle County is apportioned into eleven hundreds: Brandywine, Christiana, Wilmington (the city of Wilmington, which, by law, is a hundred in itself), Mill Creek, White Clay Creek, Pencader, New Castle, Red Lion, St. Georges, Appoquinimink, and Blackbird. [[Ebright Azimuth]], the highest natural point in Delaware at {{convert|448|ft|m}}, is located in New Castle County. The [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] was built through New Castle County, and adjoining Cecil County, Maryland, between 1822 and 1829. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]] β northwest * [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]] β north * [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] β northeast * [[Salem County, New Jersey]] β east * [[Kent County, Delaware]] β south * [[Kent County, Maryland]] β southwest * [[Cecil County, Maryland]] β west ===Major roads and highways=== [[File:2022-07-20 13 56 33 View south along Interstate 95 (Delaware Turnpike) from the overpass for the ramp to southbound Delaware State Route 1 and Delaware State Route 7 (Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway) in Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware.jpg|thumb|right|I-95/Delaware Turnpike southbound in New Castle County]] {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{jct|state=DE|I|95|DETP}} * {{jct|state=DE|I|295}} * {{jct|state=DE|I|495}} * {{jct|state=DE|US|13}} * {{jct|state=DE|US-Bus|13|dab1=Wilmington}} * {{jct|state=DE|US|40}} * {{jct|state=DE|US|202}} * {{jct|state=DE|US|301}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|1}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|2}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|3}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|4}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|7}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|9}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|9A}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|15}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|37}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|41}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|48}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|52}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|58}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|62}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|71}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|72}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|82}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|92}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|100}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|141}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|202}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|261}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|273}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|279}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|286}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|299}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|491}} * {{jct|state=DE|DE|896}} {{div col end}} ===Climate=== Almost all of the county has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') except for the highest area around [[Ebright Azimuth]] where the climate is hot-summer [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] (''Dfa''.) The [[hardiness zone]] is 7b except in some higher areas close to the Pennsylvania border which are 7a. {{Weather box |location = Wilmington, Delaware ([[New Castle County Airport]]), 1981β2010 normals, extremes 1894βpresent |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 75 |Feb record high F = 78 |Mar record high F = 86 |Apr record high F = 97 |May record high F = 98 |Jun record high F = 102 |Jul record high F = 106 |Aug record high F = 107 |Sep record high F = 100 |Oct record high F = 98 |Nov record high F = 85 |Dec record high F = 75 |Jan avg record high F =61.2 |Feb avg record high F =63.1 |Mar avg record high F =73.7 |Apr avg record high F =82.6 |May avg record high F =88.3 |Jun avg record high F =93.2 |Jul avg record high F =96.0 |Aug avg record high F =93.7 |Sep avg record high F =89.1 |Oct avg record high F =81.6 |Nov avg record high F =72.5 |Dec avg record high F =63.9 |year avg record high F=96.9 |Jan high F = 40.2 |Feb high F = 43.5 |Mar high F = 52.4 |Apr high F = 63.5 |May high F = 73.0 |Jun high F = 81.8 |Jul high F = 86.1 |Aug high F = 84.2 |Sep high F = 77.4 |Oct high F = 66.2 |Nov high F = 55.7 |Dec high F = 44.6 |year high F =64.1 |Jan low F = 24.6 |Feb low F = 26.8 |Mar low F = 33.6 |Apr low F = 43.0 |May low F = 52.6 |Jun low F = 62.6 |Jul low F = 67.6 |Aug low F = 66.1 |Sep low F = 58.2 |Oct low F = 46.1 |Nov low F = 37.4 |Dec low F = 28.7 |year low F =45.7 |Jan avg record low F = 7.4 |Feb avg record low F = 11.6 |Mar avg record low F = 17.9 |Apr avg record low F = 29.7 |May avg record low F = 38.7 |Jun avg record low F = 49.9 |Jul avg record low F = 56.7 |Aug avg record low F = 54.3 |Sep avg record low F = 43.7 |Oct avg record low F = 32.8 |Nov avg record low F = 23.3 |Dec avg record low F = 13.6 |year avg record low F= 4.3 |Jan record low F = β14 |Feb record low F = β15 |Mar record low F = 2 |Apr record low F = 11 |May record low F = 30 |Jun record low F = 40 |Jul record low F = 48 |Aug record low F = 43 |Sep record low F = 32 |Oct record low F = 23 |Nov record low F = 11 |Dec record low F = β7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 3.01 |Feb precipitation inch = 2.68 |Mar precipitation inch = 3.92 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.50 |May precipitation inch = 3.95 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.88 |Jul precipitation inch = 4.57 |Aug precipitation inch = 3.25 |Sep precipitation inch = 4.32 |Oct precipitation inch = 3.42 |Nov precipitation inch = 3.10 |Dec precipitation inch = 3.48 |year precipitation inch=43.08 |Jul snow inch = 0 |Aug snow inch = 0 |Sep snow inch = 0 |Oct snow inch = 0 |Nov snow inch = 0.4 |Dec snow inch = 3.4 |Jan snow inch = 5.9 |Feb snow inch = 8.3 |Mar snow inch = 1.9 |Apr snow inch = 0.3 |May snow inch = 0 |Jun snow inch = 0 |year snow inch=20.2 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 10.5 |Feb precipitation days = 9.4 |Mar precipitation days = 10.7 |Apr precipitation days = 11.3 |May precipitation days = 11.2 |Jun precipitation days = 10.3 |Jul precipitation days = 9.9 |Aug precipitation days = 8.1 |Sep precipitation days = 8.5 |Oct precipitation days = 8.3 |Nov precipitation days = 9.2 |Dec precipitation days = 10.3 |year precipitation days=117.7 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0.2 |Dec snow days = 2.0 |Jan snow days = 4.3 |Feb snow days = 3.6 |Mar snow days = 1.3 |Apr snow days = 0.4 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |year snow days=11.8 |source = NOAA<ref name= "NOWData NWS Mount Holly, NJ">{{cite web |url=http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi |title=NowData: NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130075334/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NCDC txt KILG">{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013781.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: DE WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE CO AP |access-date=October 3, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }}
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