Red Lion Hundred

Red Lion Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware.

Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they presently have no meaningful use or purpose except as a geographical point of reference.

[1] Red Lion Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies south of Red Lion Creek, north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the small remaining portion of St. George's Creek, and generally east of the Red Lion Road (DE Route 71).

It was one of the original hundreds in Delaware created in 1682 and was named for Red Lion Creek that runs along its northern boundary.

Red Lion Hundred is rural and agricultural in places, but there is considerable suburban development and an industrial area along the Delaware River Important geographical features, in addition to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, St. Georges's Creek and Red Lion Creek, include the Delaware River, which forms its eastern boundary, Dragon Creek, and Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.