New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County Police and Emergency Medical Services Division Headquarters and the emergency communications center supporting 911 services. The present building opened in 2007 with a construction cost of . The Headquarters occupied a former elementary school building on the same site prior to erection of the current building. New Castle is a Democratic-leaning county. Because its population is almost double the combined population of Kent and Sussex, the winner in New Castle County has also won Delaware overall in each of the last seventeen presidential elections. In 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2016, the Republican candidate carried Kent and Sussex,
Chilham its major buildings: Chilham Castle and the 15th-century parish church, dedicated to St Mary. It is believed that Thomas Becket was buried in the churchyard. The village has a number of period houses such as the former vicarage, which dates from 1742. The castle was owned by the Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard until its sale in 1997. In 2013 it was owned by Stuart Wheeler, founder of the spread-betting firm IG Index. The railway station is in a part of the village sometimes called Bagham on the line from Ashford to Canterbury. There are two other named localities or neighbourhoods