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Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
One of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars, with rare vehicles that actually compete in demonstration days.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Wilmington
Delaware, United States · North America
About Wilmington
Wilmington sits on the route: 10 minutes from Edgemoor, 33km from Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum.
Wilmington is in Delaware, United States, with about 71,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Edgemoor, about 4 km away.
Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.
The population was 70,898 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of New Castle County. Wilmington is one of the majorRead more
cities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and the core city of the Wilmington metropolitan division, which had 740,426 residents in 2020.
First settled by Swedish settlers in 1638, the modern city of Wilmington was built on the site of Fort Christina, which was the first Swedish settlement in North America, and Kristinehamn, which was planned to be the capital of New Sweden. Control of the area shifted before it was formally incorporated as the Village of Willingtown in 1731, then later granted Borough Charter within the Delaware Colony as Wilmington in 1739, named after Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Wilmington developed as an industrial hub with industries in shipbuilding, milling, and later chemical manufacturing, largely influenced by DuPont. Its modern economy is focused on national banking and finance institutions.
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Within an hour or so of Wilmington: Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (33 km), Independence Hall, Philadelphia (41 km), Liberty Bell (41 km).
Where is Wilmington?
Wilmington is in Delaware, United States, about 4 km from Edgemoor.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 70,898
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Delaware
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.7460, -75.5466
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Independence Hall, Philadelphia
The birthplace of American democracy where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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Liberty Bell
Iconic cracked bell in Philadelphia that rang to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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