Long Neck, Delaware

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

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

🗺️ Map of Long Neck

🏘️ Nearby Communities