Official Name: | Mechanicsville, Delaware |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware |
Pushpin Label: | Mechanicsville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | New Castle |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 292 |
Coordinates: | 39.7169°N -75.7836°W |
Area Code: | 302 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 214295[1] |
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1]
The community is located in "The Wedge", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th-century border dispute settlement between the Penns and Calverts in the British North American colonies. Until 1921, Mechanicsville was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Delaware. A resolution allocated Mechanicsville and The Wedge to Delaware, which owns it today.[2]