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from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusArdencroft is a village in 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 and 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.…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 231 to 226 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1962.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ardencroft yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Nothing in Ardencroft is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ardencroft has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Village of Arden in Arden, 0.4 miles away.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.