Long Neck, Delaware
CDP
About Long Neck
Long Neck is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Delaware.
Long Neck holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.76 square miles.
📰 Long Neck News Today
- Search Warrant in Long Neck Leads to Arrest for Drug and Weapon Offenses Delaware State Police (.gov) · Feb 12
- Long Neck Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
- No arrests made after fight at Paradise Grill in Long Neck CoastTV · Jun 18
- Millsboro man charged in Long Neck murder Cape Gazette · Mar 20
- Graham Edward Jackson, Jr. Obituary Jul 8, 2026 Melson Funeral Services · Jul 8
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Long Neck Unique
- The only place in America named Long Neck — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Delaware, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Long Neck
📍 Angola by the Bay📍 Bay Colony📍 Beaver Dam Acres📍 Conley Chapel Village📍 Fairfield at Long Neck📍 Indian River Acres📍 Irons Lane Landing📍 Israel Haul📍 Leisure Point📍 Liberty📍 Mariner's Cove📍 Masseys Landing📍 Oak Forest Mobile Home Park📍 Peninsula Lakes📍 Pots Nets Creekside📍 Sherwood Forest North📍 The Landing📍 Warwick Park📍 West Beach
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Long Neck
- Holly Lake Grill — american
- Los Mayas — mexican
- Luv Thai — thai
- Baywood Greens Clubhouse
- Bona Pizza — pizza
- Captain's Pizza
- Delizia's Pizza — pizza
- First Wok — chinese
- Grottos Pizza — pizza
- Hammerhead's Dockside — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Nanticoke Indian Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Long Neck
- Assawoman Wildlife Area Piney Point Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Holts Landing State Park reviews ★
- Okie Preserve Poplar Thicket Farm · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Redden State Forest - Long Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Burton Island Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Croquet Lawn reviews ★
- Eolyne K Tunnell Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateDelaware
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.76 sq mi
Coordinates38.6220, -75.1621