Cultural and Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS)

CHRIS is a web based mapping application developed to efficiently manage the preservation efforts of historic properties and assist in preservation planning. CHRIS includes Delaware's National Register listed properties with the nomination form and pictures for each property. Historic District boundaries, National Historic Landmarks, and cultural resource inventory for New Castle, Kent and parts of Sussex County are also available. Aerial photography is available for various years beginning with 1937 up to 2007. The application is available to the public at http://chris.delaware.gov.

If you are a consultant working with the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, you may request a username and password to gain full access to CHRIS. Please submit the user account application provided below.

CHRIS User Acount Application

Need assistance with the features and tools available in CHRIS? Follow the link below to view or download the help document. CHRIS Help

National Register Datasets

The Delaware State Historic Preservation Office maintains statewide GIS datasets that show location and cultural/management information on historic properties (buildings, sites, structures, objects and districts) listed in the National Register of Historic Places for Delaware, including properties which are also National Historic Landmarks.

If you are using a desktop GIS system such as ESRI's ArcView, these datasets are available as ESRI shapefiles in a zipped format. These data are projected in North American Datum, 1983 (NAD83) in meters. If you do not have a GIS system available, click on this ArcExplorer link to download ESRI's free data viewer.

National Register point data

National Register Historic District polygons

Delaware Hundreds

"Hundreds" are a geographic division, smaller than counties and roughly equivalent to "townships" in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Delaware is the only state which currently uses this division. There are thirty-three hundreds today. The most recent changes to hundreds were in the 1870s when the last two were established: Gumboro in 1873 and Blackbird in 1875. Prior to the 1960s, hundreds were used as voting districts and as units for reporting taxes. The sole use of hundreds today is in property tax assessments (tax parcel numbers are assigned by hundreds) For the full story on Delaware's hundreds visit http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm

Hundreds Boundary shapefile

Choose a link below to view or download the Delaware Hundreds Map Images from Pomeroy and Beers Atlas 1868:

PDF format
Georeferenced TIFF images

Metadata for these datasets is published on the Delaware Geospatial Information Clearinghouse

If you have questions or comments about any of the data please, contact Mary Harper at (302) 736-7400.