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History · Wilmington Manor

2 of Wilmington Manor’s places are on the National Register

More historic than 23% of U.S. towns · #31 of 37 in Delaware. What drives it

Its Register listings are the Parker's Dairy Palace and the Florence and Isaac Budovitch House. Most of Wilmington Manor was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1957. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1970.

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2%homes built before 1940
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About Wilmington Manor’s history

How historic is Wilmington Manor?

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More historic than 23% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Wilmington Manor’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wilmington Manor is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #31 of 37 in Delaware. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Wilmington Manor’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19401.8% of homes (±1.8) · typical DE town 5.9% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register2 listings, 2.4 per 10,000 residents · typical DE town 29.4 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 23%
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Delaware towns of 2,500+ (37)Ahead of 17%

Delaware towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Delaware town has 29.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Wilmington Manor’s 2.4 sits below most of its state (34% of Delaware towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.8 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Wilmington Manor’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wilmington Manor are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19046 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1993. Watch Wilmington Manor change.Lost villages6 hamlets and corners are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Wilmington Manor’s homes were built before 1957.
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On the map

Wilmington Manor on the map, 1904 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wilmington Manor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Wilmington Manor on the 1904 USGS mapWilmington Manor on the 1919 USGS mapWilmington Manor on the 1948 USGS mapWilmington Manor on the 1967 USGS mapWilmington Manor on the 1987 USGS mapWilmington Manor on the 1993 USGS map1904Wilmington sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wilmington Manor.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Basin CornerChelsea EstatesLeedon EstatesPenn AcresStocktonWilmington Manor Gardens

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Wilmington Manor, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wilmington Manor yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wilmington Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) in north-eastern New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilmington Manor had a population of 8,162.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 7,889 to 8,162 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Wilmington Manor, decade by decade

Today30 recent
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Wilmington Manor

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2019
Parker's Dairy Palace
Parker's Dairy PalaceFlorence and Isaac Budovitch House
Buildings
All 2 listings
Parker's Dairy PalaceBuilding · listed 2019Florence and Isaac Budovitch HouseBuilding · listed 2020

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Wilmington Manor, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000198020002020Peak: 10,134

Between 7,889 and 10,134 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Wilmington Manor’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wilmington Manor

Nobody well known was born in Wilmington Manor itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Elisabeth ShueAmerican actress · b. 1963
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Ryan PhillippeAmerican actor · b. 1974
Aubrey PlazaAmerican actress, producer and comedian · b. 1984
Daniel NathansAmerican microbiologist · b. 1928
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Krišjānis KariņšLatvian politician · b. 1964
John ForsytheAmerican film and television actor · b. 1918
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New Castle14 historic placesA+

Questions about Wilmington Manor’s history

How does Wilmington Manor rank for history?

Wilmington Manor is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #31 of 37 in Delaware. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Wilmington Manor?

Two places: the Parker's Dairy Palace (listed 2019) and the Florence and Isaac Budovitch House (2020).

How old are the homes in Wilmington Manor?

2% of Wilmington Manor’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.8 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Delaware town; the median home was built in 1957.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (30), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.