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Elsmere, DE - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Elsmere  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Elsmere Home page. The Elsmere Home page provides as much information as possible on Elsmere. Knowing Elsmere’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Elsmere’s Home page, you will also find Elsmere’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Elsmere has a population of 5814. 48.8% of Elsmere’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.2 are female. 26.5% of Elsmere is married and 65.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $174,834, and the average rent is $1,083. Household median income in Elsmere is $62,377, and the individual median income is $33,581. Elsmere’s Ethnic is the following: White(81.9%), Hispanic(25.9%), Black(13.2%), Other(3.4%), Asian(1%), Multiple(0.5%).


Elsmere dates back to 1886 when real estate developer Joshua Heald bought farmland and converted it into houses, building the first suburb in northern Delaware. The community was built at an intersection of railroad lines and allowed working-class families easy access to Wilmington. Trolley lines were later built leading to Elsmere.


In 1909, Elsmere was incorporated as a town.During the 1910s, the Delaware State Fair Association purchased land and built a new fairgrounds within Elsmere's town limit. The grounds, including a racecourse for horses, cars and motorcycles, were located south of New Road and Wilmington Avenue and west of the previously established streets.


This land became the site of the Delaware State Fair from 1917 to 1928, and provided a large parking area and ready access from the nearby trolley line. Agricultural exhibits provided the backbone of the fair, but in addition to the races, the summer attraction also included horse and dog shows, vaudeville acts, music, and fireworks.


After 1928, the State Fair had moved to Harrington, but the grandstand and the races remained until 1943, when the property was converted to land for residential housing.In 1950, a 336-bed Veteran's Administration hospital opened on the western edge of town. This was the ninth VA hospital built after the conclusion of World War II.


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