Montchanin, with just 26 households and an area less than two-tenths of a square mile, is a microscopic proportion of Delaware’s total population, yet it is the epicenter of chateau country. Nestled inside the tiny community at the intersection of Kirk Road and Route 100 is some of the highest-priced real estate in New Castle County.
Montchanin by the numbers
41: residents
30: average resident's age
$1,964,756: average home value
$409,770: average adjusted gross income
$46,478: average charitable contribution
$10,001: average property taxes
< 1 year: amount of college completed by most Montchanin residents
> 5: average number of bedrooms in each Montchanin home
Source: census reports and tax returns
History:
Montchanin, originally called DuPont Station, may be small today, but when the community was founded in the early 19th century by workers from the DuPont Black Powder Mills, it measured only 2.4 acres.
The village experienced a period of population growth after the Wilmington and Northern Railroad built a station there in 1869 and a new railroad station and the community's first post office were built 20 years later.
After the post office was completed, the villagers changed the name of their town to Montchanin to honor Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin, who was the mother of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, the founder of the DuPont Company in America.
