Blackbird, Delaware

Blackbird, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°22′15″N 75°39′33″W / 39.37083°N 75.65917°W / 39.37083; -75.65917Coordinates: 39°22′15″N 75°39′33″W / 39.37083°N 75.65917°W / 39.37083; -75.65917
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Elevation	46 ft (14 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	302
GNIS feature ID	216038^[1]

Blackbird is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Blackbird is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Blackbird Station Road southeast of Townsend. The Blackbird State Forest is nearby.^[2]

The community was originally a stagecoach stop along the King's Highway and was settled around a mill at the head of the Blackbird Creek. The name is believed to have originally been Blackbeard after the pirate Blackbeard, who, according to tradition, used the lower part of the Blackbird Creek as a harbor and stored booty along its banks.^[3]

References

↑ "Blackbird". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

Municipalities and communities of New Castle County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Wilmington
Cities	Delaware City New Castle Newark Wilmington
Towns	Bellefonte Clayton‡ Elsmere Middletown Newport Odessa Smyrna‡ Townsend
Villages	Arden Ardencroft Ardentown
CDPs	Bear Brookside Claymont Edgemoor Glasgow Greenville Hockessin North Star Pike Creek Pike Creek Valley Wilmington Manor
Unincorporated communities	Anglesey Armstrong Ashland Auburn Hills Augustine Beach Avalon Basin Corner Beaver Valley‡ Bellevue Belvedere Biddles Corner Blackbird Blue Ball Boyds Corner Brackenville Brackenville Woods Brandywine Brookhill Farms Canby Park Estates Canterbury Hills Carpenter Centerville Christiana Church Hill Cleland Heights College Park Collins Beach Collins Park Corner Ketch Cornish Hills Delaware Heights Dunleith Elmhurst Fairfax Fairfield Fairfield Crest Farnhurst Faulkland Flemings Landing Fox Meadow Gateway Farms Granogue Greenbank Greenville Manor Guyencourt Hanbys Corner Hares Corner Haverford Heather Valley Henry Clay Hickory Hill Highland Meadows Highland West Holloway Terrace Holly Knoll Kirkwood Lancaster Court Landenberg Junction Landlith Loveville Marshallton Mathews Corners McClellandville McDonough Meadowbrook Mechanicsville Meeting House Hill Milford Crossroads Mill Creek Minquadale Mockingbird Hills Monroe Park Montchanin Mount Cuba Mount Pleasant Naaman Oakwood Hills Ogletown Penn Rose Pennyhill Pleasantville Port Penn Porter Prices Corner Quaker Hill Red Lion Rockland Runnymeade St. Georges Sedgley Farms Silverbrook Silverbrook Gardens Silview Smyrna Landing‡ Southwood Spring Valley Stanton State Road Summit Bridge Swallow Hill Talleys Corner Talleyville Taylors Bridge Trepagnier Tybouts Corner Walnut Ridge Ways Corner Wellington Hills West Farm West Haven West Park Westgate Farms Westminster Westover Hills White Briar Williamsburg Winterbury Winterthur Wooddale Wrangle Hill Yorklyn
Hundreds	Appoquinimink Blackbird Brandywine Christiana Mill Creek New Castle Pencader Red Lion St. George's White Clay Creek Wilmington
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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