White Clay Creek Hundred

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.

White Clay Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north of the Christina River and south and west of White Clay Creek, excepting that it also includes the small area west of the Christina River immediately west of Newark, and excludes a larger area north and east of the Christina River generally from the old Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to Cooch's Bridge.

It was the gap between this line and the existing western boundary, the 12 mile arc drawn around the town of New Castle, which created the long-disputed area known as the Wedge.

Except for some preserved woods along White Clay Creek, this area is now completely urban and suburban with continuous industrial, commercial and residential developments, much of it in the small city of Newark, the location of the University of Delaware.

It is mostly in the coastal plain region with a small portion north and west of Newark in the Piedmont above the Fall Line.