Woodbrook, Delaware

Woodbrook

Woodbrook Civic Association
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle County

Postal code	19803
Area code	302

Woodbrook is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.^[1]

Location

The community of Woodbrook is located about 3 miles north of Wilmington, Delaware and is part of unincorporated Brandywine Hundred of New Castle County. The community surrounds the DuPont Championship Course of the DuPont Country Club, and has entrances from Rockland Road, Blackgates Road, and Sharpley Road. Major nearby employers include the North American headquarters for AstraZeneca, the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and the DuPont Experimental Station.

History

Woodbrook is a deed-restricted planned community of 215 single-family homes, developed beginning in 1952 by Woodlawn Trustees, an organization set up by conservationist William Poole Bancroft to preserve open land around the Brandywine River and to provide affordable housing.

The Woodbrook Civic Association was established on January 25, 1962.^[2]

Recreation

Woodbrook has access to the Northern Delaware Greenway, a hiking and biking network that extends through parts of New Castle County. In addition to the DuPont Country Club, public golf is available at the nearby Rock Manor Golf Course. Nearby hiking trails extend along the Brandywine River and into Alapocas Run State Park, Brandywine Creek State Park, and the Woodlawn Tract of the First State National Historical Park.

Nearby cultural resources include the Nemours Mansion and Gardens, the Hagley Museum and Library, and Winterthur Museum.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodbrook, Delaware
↑ Woodbrook Civic Association handbook

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Municipalities and communities of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, United States

Towns	Bellefonte

Villages	Arden Ardencroft Ardentown

CDPs	Claymont Edgemoor

Unincorporated communities	Addicks Estates Afton Alapocas Ashbourne Hills Augustine Barkley Beaver Valley Bellevue Blue Ball Blue Rock Manor Brandon Brandywine Estates Brandywine Brandywood Buckingham Heights Carpenter Carrcroft Crest Carrcroft Chatham Claymont Addition Claymont Heights Clifton Park Manor Concord Hills Concord Manor Darley Woods Dartmouth Woods Deerhurst Delaire Devon Devonshire Edenridge Edgemoor Gardens Edgemoor Terrace Edgewood Hills Fairfax Forest Hills Park Foulk Woods Gordon Heights Graylyn Crest Green Acres Green Meadow Gumwood Gwinhurst Hanbys Corner High Point Highland Woods Hillcrest Hillendale Hilltop Manor Holiday Hills Holly Oak Terrace Holly Oak Indian Field Lancashire Liftwood Lindamere Longwood Lynnfield Mayfield McDaniel Heights Naaman Naamans Gardens Naamans Manor Normandy Manor Northshire Northwood Oak Lane Manor Overlook Colony Pembrey Penarth Pennyhill Terrace Pennyhill Penrock Perth Phillips Heights Quarryville Radnor Green Ridgewood Riverside Rock Manor Rockland Rolling Park Sharpley Shellburne Shipley Heights Silverside Heights Silverside Stockdale Stonehaven Surrey Park Talleys Corner Talleyville Tavistock The Timbers Twin Oaks Ways Corner Webster Farm Welshire Westwood Manor Wilmont Windsor Hills Windybush Woodbine Woodbrook Woodside Hills Worthland

Hundreds	Appoquinimink Blackbird Brandywine Christiana Mill Creek New Castle Pencader Red Lion St. George's White Clay Creek Wilmington

Coordinates: 39°47′38″N 75°33′29″W / 39.79389°N 75.55806°W / 39.79389; -75.55806

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