White Clay Creek State Park, DE


  • Type: Forest

White Clay Creek State Park located in the northwestern corner of the American state of Delaware protects 37 miles of trails on over 3,300 acres, historic sites and the White Clay Creek. - AsNotedIn


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Chambers House Nature Center
  • Sight
  • NRHP
1475 Creek Rd Hopkins and Creek Rds
Delaware Arc Corner Monument
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
520 Hopkins Rd E of Amaranth
Post Mark'd West, Delaware
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
Smith Mill Rd E of Fox Den Rd

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1720/00/00 John Chambers (White Clay Creek) Owner David Lloyd, William Penn's agent, sells John Chambers 664 acres along White Clay Creek, originally part of the 'Hopyard' tract. Chambers will also buy acreage on the west side of the creek.
1775/00/00 Benjamin Chambers Owner David Evans, yeoman of White Clay Creek Hundred, sells 250 acres in White Clay Creek to Benjamin Chambers. By calling himself a yeoman Evans uses the English term for a landholder and farmer.
1959/05/29 E I DuPont de Nemours and Co Owners Due to a fear that water would becme scares, E I DuPont de Nemours and Co buy a large tract along White Clay Creek in both Delaware and Pennsylvania with plans to construct a reservoir covering as much as 1,000 acres.
1984/08/00 E I DuPont de Nemours and Co Owners After consulting with the National Park Service on conserving its holdings, Du Pont transfers their White Clay Creek Valley parcels to the State of Delaware and Pennsylvania.

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Particulars for White Clay Creek State Park, DE:
Physiographic feature Forest
Locale Type Natural Environ
Locale Type US State Park




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