New Castle
Delaware's largest city
New Castle is a common place name in the United States, appearing as cities and towns in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Colorado, and elsewhere.
The name derives from Newcastle in England.
Delaware's New Castle was an early colonial settlement and state capital.
The two-word spelling distinguishes American places from the English city, typically written as one word.
First to join the Union
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- KentuckyBluegrass State
Virginia · Wyoming · Oklahoma · Alabama · Ohio · Ontario · Australia · Jamaica
Defensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- portcullisVertical sliding castle gate
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- rampartFortified defensive wall
keep · bastion · barbican · parapet · turret · gatehouse · tower · dungeon
Delaware
First to join the Union
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
Kentucky · Virginia · Wyoming · Oklahoma · Alabama · Ohio · Ontario · Australia · Jamaica · Nevis
moat
Defensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- portcullisVertical sliding castle gate
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
rampart · keep · bastion · barbican · parapet · turret · gatehouse · tower · dungeon · garrison
turret
Protruding fortified structure
vault · arch · dome · column · masonry · keystone · battlement · facade · ornamentation · stonewall
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
monarchy · conquest · lordship · nobility · crusade · battle · rebellion · treaty · heritage · archaeology
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- DelawareWilmington, Dover, Newark, Middletown, Seaford
- Delaware HistoryDover, Wilmington, Delaware River, Delaware Bay, colonial era
- IndianaIndianapolis, Bloomington, Hoosiers, Fort Wayne, South Bend
- New HampshireConcord, Manchester, Portsmouth, Nashua, Dover
- StuttgartStuttgart, TV Tower