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Holloway Terrace, Delaware

Holloway Terrace, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Holloway Terrace is located in Delaware
Holloway Terrace
Holloway Terrace
Holloway Terrace is located in the United States
Holloway Terrace
Holloway Terrace
Coordinates: 39°42′06″N 75°32′47″W / 39.70167°N 75.54639°W / 39.70167; -75.54639
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID214105[1]

Holloway Terrace is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holloway Terrace is located on the outskirts of the city of Wilmington along Delaware Route 9 and Interstate 295, southwest of the Port of Wilmington.

History

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Lots in the community, an early suburb of Wilmington, were first sold in May 1916.[2] The Wilmington Evening Journal reported that 300 plots of land had sold on the first day; these sales included subscriptions to the Evening Journal.[3]

Holloway Terrace was adjacent to the New Castle Trolley Line.[3]

The residents formed the Holloway Terrace Civic Association and Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 on September 20, 1921, to provide representation and protection for the community.[4]

By 1966, Holloway Terrace had a population of 1,100.[5] This area continued to grow, and by the 1970s, the majority of Delawareans lived in the suburbs surrounding Wilmington, including early suburbs like Holloway Terrace, Claymont, and Holly Oak.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Holloway Terrace". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "300 Lots Sold First Day". Wilmington Evening Journal. May 8, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Three Hundred Lots at Holloway Terrace Have Already Been Sold". Wilmington Evening Journal. May 8, 1916. p. 24. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "History - Holloway Terrace Fire Company - New Castle County, Delaware". Ht20fc.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  5. ^ Heck, L. W.; Wraight, A. Joseph; Orth, Donald J.; Carter, J. R.; Winkle, L. G. Van; Hazen, Janet (1966). Delaware Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 55. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  6. ^ Munroe, John Andrew (2006). History of Delaware. University of Delaware Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-87413-947-1.
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