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Hockessin, Delaware
Hockessin
is a
census-designated place
(CDP) in
New Castle County
,
Delaware
,
United States
. The population was 13,527 at the
2010 census
. The place name may be derived from the
Lenape
word "hòkèsa" meaning "pieces of bark" or from a misspelling of "occasion," as pronounced by the
Quakers
who settled the area originally.
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