Near Middletown in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Welsh Tract

By William Pfingsten, November 23, 2007

1. Welsh Tract Marker

Inscription. Approximate southern boundary of tract of thirty thousand acres granted by William Penn to the Welsh in 1701. It included what is now Pencader Hundred, Delaware, and a part of Cecil County, Maryland.

Erected 1932 by Historic Markers Commission. (Marker Number NC-47.)

Location. 39° 31.092′ N, 75° 42.853′ W. Marker is near Middletown, Delaware, in New Castle County. Marker is on DE 896, DE 71, US 301 Summit Bridge Road 0.1 miles south of Victoria Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at fence of Summit Airport. Marker is in this post office area: Middletown DE 19709, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Locust Grove (approx. 2.2 miles away); Sgt. James P. Connor Memorial Circle (approx. 2.6 miles away); McDonough Burial Ground (approx. 3.8 miles away); Commodore Thomas Macdonough (approx. 3.9 miles away); Poplar Hall (approx. 4.1 miles away); Middletown Academy (approx. 4.6 miles away); Middletown (approx. 4.7 miles away); Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middletown.

Categories. • Colonial Era • Notable Persons • Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers •

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 28, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,183 times since then and 28 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 28, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.