The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBrookside is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brookside had a population of 14,974.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 14,353 to 14,974 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brookside 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.
Start Brookside’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brookside’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Brookside, decade by decade
2000
Commons2022-07-23 17 51 22 View north along Interstate 95 (Delawar…2022
Commons2022-07-20 12 55 05 View south along Interstate 95 (Delawar…2022
Commons2022-07-19 17 03 45 View north along Delaware State Route 7…2022
Commons2022-07-19 16 56 52 View north along Delaware State Route 7…2022
Commons2020-05-21 18 00 23 Variable message sign reading "Non Dela…20201 historic place in Brookside
1 place in Brookside is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.