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[[File:PA-Delaware-wedge.png|right|thumb|Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania.]]
[[File:PA-Delaware-wedge.png|right|thumb|Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania.]]
'''Mechanicsville''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[New Castle County, Delaware]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>
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'''Mechanicsville''' is a crossroads community located in "[[The Wedge (border)|The Wedge]]", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th Century border dispute settlement between the [[William Penn|Penns]] and [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore|Calverts]] in the British North American Colonies. Until 1921, Mechanicsville was claimed by both [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Delaware]]. Then the resolution allocated Mechanicsville and The Wedge to Delaware.

Mechanicsville is located at {{Coord|39|43|01|N|075|47|01|W|display=title,inline|region:US-DE_type:city_scale:1000}}.<ref>{{cite GNIS |id= 214295 |name= Mechanicsville |accessdate= 18 March 2012}}</ref>
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The community is located in "[[The Wedge (border)|The Wedge]]", a geometric oddity arising out of ambiguity in the 18th-century border dispute settlement between the [[William Penn|Penns]] and [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore|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.<ref name="mental">{{cite web |last1=Soniak |first1=Matt |title=Livin' on the Wedge: The Long, Strange History of a Disputed Border |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27065/livin%E2%80%99-wedge-long-strange-history-disputed-border |website=[[Mental Floss]] |date= February 11, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 5 September 2023

Not to be confused with Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania.

Mechanicsville, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Mechanicsville is located in Delaware
Mechanicsville
Mechanicsville
Coordinates: 39°43′01″N 75°47′01″W / 39.71694°N 75.78361°W / 39.71694; -75.78361
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
292 ft (89 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID214295[1]
Mechanicsville in The Wedge. This 1898 map places Mechanicsville in Pennsylvania.

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mechanicsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  2. ^ Soniak, Matt (February 11, 2011). "Livin' on the Wedge: The Long, Strange History of a Disputed Border". Mental Floss. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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