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'''Long Neck''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Directory:Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex County]], [[Directory:Delaware|Delaware]], [[Directory:United States|United States]]. The population was 1,629 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]]. Long Neck is the only census-designated place in Sussex County. It is part of the [[Directory:Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] [[Seaford micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

 

'''Long Neck''' is a place whose unique name is matched by its natural beauty.  Long a haven for people craving the beauty of the [[water]] that surrounds it, without the bustle and crowds of the beaches that act as its bookends.  It's a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Directory:Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex County]], [[Directory:Delaware|Delaware]], [[Directory:United States|United States]]. The population was 1,629 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]]. Long Neck is the only census-designated place in Sussex County. It is part of the [[Directory:Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] [[Seaford micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==

==Geography==

Long Neck is located at (38.618874, -75.149963).

Long Neck is located at (38.618874, -75.149963).  Tall loblolly pines jut out of white sandy soil.  The eponymous peninsula pokes eastward, splitting [[Rehoboth Bay]] to the north from the [[Indian River Bay]] to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) of it is land and 0.40% is water.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) of it is land and 0.40% is water.

==History==

==History==

This is taken from deed record, page 247, Georgetown Court House, Delaware titled as;

In September 1677, a dispatch from the Duke of York, during the reign of King Charles II, described the area that would be transferred to William Burton.  This is taken from deed record, page 247, Georgetown Court House, Delaware titled as;

'''"William Burton Patent for Long Neck"'''

'''"William Burton Patent for Long Neck"'''

"Whereas, there is a certaine parcel of land situated on the West side of Delaware Bay the which hath been certified by the Court at the Horekill and laide out for William Burton the saide Land being called the Long Neck lying on the South side of Rehoboth Bay and on the North side of the Greate River beginning at a point of woods and running West up the Greate River one thousand perches to a White Oak at the head of a small creek called Indian Cabin Creek and from thence North three hundred and fifty perches to a White Oak standing by a creek side called Middle Creek with a line of marked trees and from thence bounder upon the aforesaid Bay to the first bounded point Southeast one thousand perches containing One Thousand Acres of Land."

:"Whereas, there is a certaine parcel of land situated on the West side of Delaware Bay the which hath been certified by the Court at the Horekill and laide out for William Burton the saide Land being called the Long Neck lying on the South side of Rehoboth Bay and on the North side of the Greate River beginning at a point of woods and running West up the Greate River one thousand perches to a White Oak at the head of a small creek called Indian Cabin Creek and from thence North three hundred and fifty perches to a White Oak standing by a creek side called Middle Creek with a line of marked trees and from thence bounder upon the aforesaid Bay to the first bounded point Southeast one thousand perches containing One Thousand Acres of Land."

 

:"Know Ye That by Virtue of His Majesty Lord's Patent and the Commission and authority unto me given by His Royal Highness, I have given and granted by these presents, Doe hereby give and grant unto the said William Burton his heirs and assigns the aforesaid recited piece of Land and Premises with their and every of their appurtenances; To Have and To Hold the saide piece of land and premises unto the saide William Burton his heirs and assigns unto the proper use and behoofe of him the said William Burton his heirs and assigns forever he making present improvements thereon and continuing in obedience and conforming himself according to the Laws of this Government and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every yeare unto His Royal Highness as a quite Rent Ten bushels of good winter wheat unto such officers as shall be there Impowered to receive the same."

"Know Ye That by Virtue of His Majesty Lord's Patent and the Commission and authority unto me given by His Royal Highness, I have given and granted by these presents, Doe hereby give and grant unto the said William Burton his heirs and assigns the aforesaid recited piece of Land and Premises with their and every of their appurtenances; To Have and To Hold the saide piece of land and premises unto the saide William Burton his heirs and assigns unto the proper use and behoofe of him the said William Burton his heirs and assigns forever he making present improvements thereon and continuing in obedience and conforming himself according to the Laws of this Government and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every yeare unto His Royal Highness as a quite Rent Ten bushels of good winter wheat unto such officers as shall be there Impowered to receive the same."

The area described encompasses about 5,000 acres, but the deed incorrectly referred to it as 1,000.  One of the Burton sons, Woolsey, constructed a house in an area that now bears the building's name, White House Beach.  The house remains occupied today.

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