Foulk Woods, Delaware facts for kids
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Foulk Woods, Delaware
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 Foulk Woods, Delaware
Location in Delaware
Foulk Woods, Delaware
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 367 ft (112 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 217128 |
Foulk Woods is a small community located in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It's known as an "unincorporated community." This means it doesn't have its own separate local government like a city or town. Instead, it's part of the larger county area.
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Where is Foulk Woods?
Foulk Woods is located in the northern part of Delaware. You can find it just north of where Delaware Route 261 and Silverside Road meet. It's also east of a place called Talleyville. The community is about 4.8 miles (or 7.7 kilometers) north of the city of Wilmington.
The Story of Foulk Woods
How the Community Started
In September 1955, a local builder named W. Percival Johnson announced a new housing project. His company planned to create a community called "Foulkwood." This new neighborhood would feature large, single-family homes built on spacious half-acre lots.
The community was named after Foulk Road. This road itself was named after an early settler in the Brandywine Hundred area.
Building the Homes
The Foulkwood development officially opened just one year later. The houses built there were mostly "split-level" and "two-story" homes. They were designed in a style called "Colonial-style architecture," which looks like older American homes. When they were first sold, these houses cost around $20,000.
Community Life and Growth
As the neighborhood grew, residents formed a group called a "civic association" in 1959. This group helps neighbors work together on local issues and activities.
In the 1960s, a second way to enter the community, Longwood Road, was built. Around this time, Foulk Woods expanded one last time. This brought the total number of homes in the community to 172. In 1983, "speed bumps" were added to the roads. This happened because residents were worried about children's safety. Many people living in Foulk Woods worked for a large company called DuPont.
For several years, from about 1959 to at least 1967, Foulk Woods even had its own baseball team. This team played in a local competition called the Concord Baseball League (CBL).
