Newark Union Church and Cemetery

New Castle County · dedicated 2020 · 8 Newark Union Public Rd, Wilmington

Newark Union Church was built in 1845 near the site of a 1704 poplar log Quaker meetinghouse and burial ground. The church was originally a one-room, two-story fieldstone structure built by Lewis Zebley and John Sharpley for $800. Renovations in 1906 transformed the building into a late Gothic Revival style church with stuccoed exterior and lancet windows. Valentine Hollingsworth donated land for the cemetery in 1687. It contains over 900 burials, including veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War, and unmarked graves from Quaker settlements. Newark Union Church and Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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