The Wedge (NC-36) - Newark, DE
Posted by: S5280ft
N 39° 43.080 W 075° 47.090
18S E 432731 N 4396753
Located on the north side of New London Road (DE-896), just inside the state border.
Waymark Code: WM45RW
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2008
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Here between Maryland and the Delaware curve is a wedge-shaped tract of about 800 acres. For more than a century claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware. A joint commission appointed 1889 from both states awarded it to Delaware. Ratified by Pennsylvania 1897, by Delaware 1821, and by Congress 1921.