Hockessin (/ˈhoʊkɛsɪn/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

[4] There was no town name Hockessin and the area was referred to as Mill Creek Hundred.

The actual name is believed to be derived from one of the first settled properties which was named Occasion and settled by William Cox in 1726 and also the location of the first Quaker meetings in the area before Hockessin Meeting House was built a few years later.

29, Springer Farm, and Wilmington and Western Railroad are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

[7] More recently added sites to the National Register of Historic Places include: Tweed's Tavern, the home of Negro league baseball player James "Nip" Winters, Colored School #107C, St. John the Evangelist Church, the Daniel Nichols house, and the Cox/Phillips/Mitchell Agricultural Complex.

Although Hockessin is primarily a bedroom community, there are several mushroom farms operating in the area.

Local groups parade down Old Lancaster Pike, neighborhoods compete in different athletic events, and there is a fireworks display in the evening in Swift Park.

Hockessin is served by the Red Clay Consolidated School District for public education.

Delaware Route 7 passes through the western part of Hockessin along Limestone Road, heading north to the Pennsylvania border and south toward Pike Creek and Christiana.

DART First State's Route 20 bus serves park and ride lots located at Hockessin Memorial Hall and the Wells Fargo bank.