Septic records and services in Wilmington, Delaware

In New Castle County, Delaware, which covers Wilmington, we hold 5,964 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.

What Wilmington is, in the records

Wilmington is a city in New Castle County, Delaware. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 39.735651, -75.532104 and its land area at 10.89 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Wilmington

We hold 5,964 septic records for New Castle County, Delaware. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a Wilmington property may or may not appear in it, and the county archive remains the authority. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Businesses on record for septic work near Wilmington

These are real businesses we hold an address for, not a ranked or paid list. We take no fee and list nobody preferentially. Confirm current licensing with your county or state before hiring.

With an address in Wilmington itself

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Wilmington?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In New Castle County, Delaware, which covers Wilmington, we hold 5,964 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.

Which county is Wilmington in?

Wilmington is in New Castle County, Delaware.

Records and services around Wilmington

Other septic questions about Wilmington

• Septic records in Wilmington

• New Castle County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Septic companies in Wilmington
• Delaware septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Delaware septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Wilmington

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Wilmington’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 19801 (32% of the city)
• ZIP 19802 (22% of the city)
• ZIP 19809 (19% of the city)
• ZIP 19805 (15% of the city)
• ZIP 19806 (12% of the city)
• ZIP 19807 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 19803 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Wilmington.

• Edgemoor — 1.9 mi
• Bellefonte — 2.8 mi
• Elsmere — 3.3 mi
• Newport — 4.1 mi
• Wilmington Manor — 4.4 mi
• Greenville — 4.7 mi
• New Castle — 4.9 mi
• Ardencroft — 5.4 mi
• Ardentown — 5.7 mi
• Arden — 5.7 mi
• Claymont — 6.0 mi
• Hockessin — 8.6 mi
• Pike Creek — 8.7 mi
• Pike Creek Valley — 8.8 mi
• Brookside — 10.4 mi
• North Star — 10.8 mi
• Bear — 11.3 mi
• Delaware City — 11.7 mi
• Newark — 12.6 mi
• St. Georges — 13.7 mi
• Glasgow — 14.7 mi
• Port Penn — 15.5 mi
• Odessa — 20.5 mi
• Middletown — 22.5 mi
• Townsend — 24.5 mi
• Smyrna — 30.7 mi
• Clayton — 32.3 mi
• Leipsic — 34.2 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in New Castle County, Delaware.

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