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Foulk Woods is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1]

Foulk Woods, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Foulk Woods
Foulk Woods
Coordinates: 39°48′45″N 75°31′14″W
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
367 ft (112 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID217128[1]

Location


Foulk Woods is located north of the intersection of Delaware Route 261 and Silverside Road, east of Talleyville and 4.8 miles north of Wilmington.[2]


History


In September 1955, W. Percival Johnson, a well known local contractor, announced his company would start the development of a new community called "Foulkwood" [3] that would have "half-acre lots with large single family homes."[3] It named for Faulk Road (which itself had been named for an early settler to the Brandywine Hundred[4]) the main roadway in the community. The development opened one year and consisted of split-level and two-story houses with a Colonial-style architectural theme.[5] The original houses were marketed for about $20,000.[6] The neighborhood's civic association was founded in 1959.[7]

A second entrance to the community, Longwood Road, was built in the 1960s. Around that time the final expansion the community was made, bringing the total number of homes to 172.[8] Speed bumps were added in 1983, after resident concerns over child safety.[9][10] Records show that many of the residents worked for DuPont.[11]

From c. 1959 until at least 1967, the community had a baseball team that competed in the Concord Baseball League (CBL).[12][13][14]


References


  1. "Foulk Woods". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH,J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN (1966). Delaware Place Names (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 (Report). Government Printing Office (U.S.A.).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "New Faulk Road Development To Be Opened By Johnson Firm". The Morning News. September 10, 1955 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Colonial Theme At Foulk Woods". The Morning News. September 15, 1956 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Housing Permits Top $1,000,000". The Morning News. March 21, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Walton, Susan Durnan (July 15, 1999). "Foulk Woods: Where trees and families grow". The News Journal. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Pickering, Ann (February 25, 1993). "Green And Growing". The News Journal – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Poltz, Lynn (December 29, 1983). "Speeders have new humps to cross". The Morning News – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Experimental humps are breaking speeders". The Morning News. December 15, 1983 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Feeney, Tom (July 25, 1999). "Shining moment goes dark". The News Journal – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Faulk Woods Victor". Journal–Every Evening. May 20, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Foulk Woods Winner". Journal–Every Evening. June 11, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Baseball Standings". Evening Journal. June 17, 1967 – via Newspapers.com.




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