Welcome

To the Village of Ardencroft

The Village of Ardencroft is one of 15 municipalities within New Castle County in the State of Delaware.  It was founded in 1950 as as a single tax community in the style of the Villages of Arden and Ardentown.  As such, the land in Ardencroft is owned by the Ardencroft Association and rented to leaseholders in 99 year leases. Ardencroft is comprised of 91 leaseholds and has a population of 226 as reported in the 2020 Census. We have a town meeting form of government where residents participate directly in the governance decisions made in our Village Assembly meetings.