Mechanicsville, Delaware

Not to be confused with Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania.

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

Mechanicsville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Mechanicsville
Coordinates: 39°43′01″N 75°47′01″W
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Elevation	292 ft (89 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	214295[1]

Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania.

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]

Education

Previously Mechanicsville was in the Newark School District.^[3]