Red Lion is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
New Castle County
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
,
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
, United States. Red Lion is located at the intersection of
Delaware Route 7
Delaware Route 7 (DE 7) is a north–south highway in New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware that connects U.S. Route 13 in Delaware, U.S. Route 13 (US 13) and Delaware Route 72, DE 72 in Wrangle ...
and
Delaware Route 71
Delaware Route 71 (DE 71) is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from U.S. Route 13 in Delaware, U.S. Route 13 (US 13) south of Townsend, Delaware, Townsend north to an ...
, northwest of
Delaware City
Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to ...
and southwest of
New Castle. The community takes its name from a colonial tavern.
and lends it name to the
Red Lion Hundred.
See also
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Red Lion Creek
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware
Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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