Editing Ardencroft, Delaware

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'''Ardencroft''' is a village in [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], [[Delaware]], United States. According to the 2020 census, the population of the village is 226.

The village was founded in 1950 as an outgrowth of [[Arden, Delaware|Arden]] and [[Ardentown, Delaware|Ardentown]] with a conceptual lifestyle based on [[Henry George]]'s [[single tax]] movement and William Morris's arts and crafts principles.  The last of seventeen land trusts founded between 1894 and 1950, Ardencroft's tax structure is based on the single tax economic philosophy of Henry George. As a result, a person's house is not taxed, only the land it sits on, which is owned by a charitable trust and managed by three directors. Half the land is woods and open space. Footpaths criss-cross the village.  At its founding in 1950, Ardencroft formally encouraged minorities to settle there, seeking families that wanted to live in an integrated setting.  The nearby, former Arden School (now the Buzz Ware Village Center) also allowed integration around this time, prior to many of the changes enacted by the [[Civil Rights Movement]].

Civil rights and suffragist activist, prolific writer, pilot, librarian, lecturer, and educator [[Pauline A. Young]] (1900 to 1991) moved into Ardencroft around this time.  The outspoken Young was famous{{according to whom|date=January 2023}} for having joined the NAACP in 1912 at the age of 12, lectured and worked conferences with [[W. E. B. Du Bois]] in the 1930s, and in 1965 marched with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in Alabama.

==Geography==
Ardencroft is located at {{coord|39|48|15|N|75|29|29|W|type:city}} (39.8042795, –75.4913090).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

As reported by the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:2022-07-29 17 42 52 View northwest along Sunset Lane between Veale Road and April Lane in Ardencroft, New Castle County, Delaware.jpg|thumb|left|Sunset Lane in Ardencroft, a typical street]]
No state highways pass directly through Ardencroft. [[Delaware Route 3]] runs southwest–northeast to the west of Ardencroft as Marsh Road, heading south toward [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and north toward [[Delaware Route 92]] west of [[Claymont, Delaware|Claymont]]. Harvey Road runs northwest–southeast along the northeast border of Ardencroft and leads southeast to a partial interchange with [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|Interstate 95]], which  has access to southbound I-95 toward Wilmington and access from northbound I-95 coming from Wilmington, and to [[U.S. Route 13 Business (Wilmington, Delaware)|U.S. Route 13 Business]] southwest of Claymont.<ref name=deldotmap>{{Delaware road map|year=2008}}</ref> [[DART First State]] provides bus service to Ardencroft along Route 11, which heads south via DE 3 and Washington Street to the [[Wilmington station (Delaware)|Wilmington station]] serving [[Amtrak]] and [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]'s [[Wilmington/Newark Line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartfirststate.com/information/routes/index.shtml|title=Routes and Schedules|publisher=DART First State|access-date=August 16, 2013}}</ref>

===Utilities===
[[Delmarva Power]], a subsidiary of [[Exelon]], provides electricity and natural gas to Ardencroft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|title=Service Territory|publisher=Delmarva Power|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525061222/http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|archive-date=May 25, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gas Delivery Service Area|publisher=Delmarva Power|url=http://www.delmarva.com/my-home/natural-gas/our-service-area/|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062712/http://www.delmarva.com/my-home/natural-gas/our-service-area/|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Suez Delaware]], a subsidiary of [[Suez North America]], provides water to Ardencroft.<ref>{{cite map|title=Geographic Information|publisher=New Castle County, Delaware|url=https://gis.nccde.org/gis_viewer/|access-date=March 5, 2018}}</ref> Sewer service in Ardencroft is provided by New Castle County. Trash and recycling collection in Ardencroft is provided by [[Waste Management (corporation)|Waste Management]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Civic Committee|publisher=The Village of Arden|url=http://arden.delaware.gov/committees/civic-committee/|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

===Government===

Ardencroft, along with Arden and Ardentown, uses the [[town meeting]] form of government.  These are the only three municipalities in the [[Mid-Atlantic States]] that use this form of government.<ref>National Parliamentarian (Vol. 78, No. 4)https://issuu.com/parliamentarians/docs/nap_np_78-4-www.</ref>

==Education==
Ardencroft is in the [[Brandywine School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 18, 2021}}</ref>

Zoned schools are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st10_de/place/p1001530_ardencroft/DC20BLK_P1001530.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Ardencroft village, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the school boundary maps.</ref> Forwood Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org:443/fs/resource-manager/view/c6b46d18-db6d-4f0e-b808-47075d7ee732|title=Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref> Talley Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org/fs/resource-manager/view/8bb1ba8a-f54a-4ff7-93fc-0a02a9bc6bd1|title=Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref> and [[Mount Pleasant High School (Delaware)|Mount Pleasant High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org/fs/resource-manager/view/96590ac7-348e-468c-aaa0-a3012fbd93f1|title=High Schools (Grades 9-12)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref>

The private [[K–8 school]] [[Wilmington Montessori School]] is partially in Ardencroft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st10_de/place/p1001530_ardencroft/DC10BLK_P1001530_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Ardencroft village, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 3, 2021}}<br>Compare to: {{cite web|url=https://www.wmsde.org/about/map-directions|title=Map & Directions|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 3, 2021|quote=1400 Harvey Road Wilmington DE, 19810}}</ref>

Previously Ardencroft was in the Mount Pleasant School District.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mowery|first=Roger|url=https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Delaware_School_Districts_1974.pdf|title=Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries|publisher=[[Delaware State Department of Instruction]]|place=[[Dover, Delaware]]|year=1974|page=70 (PDF p. 88/97)|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 267
|1990= 282
|2000= 267
|2010= 231
|2020= 226
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 267 people, 112 households, and 74 families residing in the village.  The population density was {{convert|2,411.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 115 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,038.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 80.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 12.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 5.99% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.12% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 112 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 19.1% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 36.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $56,875, and the median income for a family was $73,125. Males had a median income of $47,708 versus $29,688 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $30,480.  About 2.9% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.7% of those 65 or over.

==References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://ardencroft.delaware.gov/ Official website]
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