Queonemysing
Ghost town · Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Queonemysing is a ghost town in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 4 former communities in Delaware County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Queonemysing as a historical populated place on the Wilmington North topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8393° N, 75.5955° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Wilmington North |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 146 ft |
| Nearest living town | Chadds Ford, PA |
| Distance to it | 2.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1196540 |
| Coordinates | 39.83928, -75.59548 |
What's there now
Queonemysing is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Chadds Ford, PA (population 1,403), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 146 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Smith's Bridgecovered bridge · New Castle County · 0.9 mi
- Ashland Covered Bridgecovered bridge · New Castle County · 4.4 mi
- Wooddale Bridgecovered bridge · New Castle County · 5.5 mi
- Marcus Hook Range Rear Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 7.2 mi
- Marcus Hook Range Front Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 7.7 mi
- Marcus Hook Range Front Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 7.7 mi
- Cherry Island Range Rear Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 7.8 mi
- Darlingghost town · Delaware County · 8 mi
- Christiana Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 9.1 mi
- Glenvilleghost town · New Castle County · 9.1 mi
- Bellevue Range Rear Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 9.2 mi
- Christiana North Jetty Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 9.5 mi
Questions
Where is Queonemysing?
Queonemysing is in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at 39.8393, -75.5955.
How many ghost towns are in Delaware County?
Delaware County, Pennsylvania has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.