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Crooked Hammock Brewery in Middletown, Delaware, the town of the planned Carter Farm community

Carter Farm

Bethel Church Road at Choptank Road,

Middletown, DE 19709

All Ages

With a 95 lot age-restricted section in the county record

Middletown, New Castle County

Bethel Church Road and Choptank Road, northwest of town

New Homes, Approved

624 homes, recorded plan January 2025

No Golf Course

Clubhouses and recreational areas on the plan

Welcome toCarter Farm

Carter Farm is an approved community of 624 homes on about 427 acres at Bethel Church Road and Choptank Road, with a Middletown address, about 6.6 miles northwest of town. New Castle County recorded the plan on January 31, 2025. It mixes single-family homes, townhouses and apartments with a section of 95 single-family village lots that the county record describes as age restricted, and keeps most of the land as open space. No homes are for sale yet.

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Getting Your BearingsWhere Carter Farm Sits

Carter Farm sits at Bethel Church Road and Choptank Road in the farm country northwest of Middletown.

  • Hospital. ChristianaCare has a campus in Middletown. Christiana Hospital near Newark is about 17 miles.
  • Town. Middletown is about 6.6 miles away.
  • Getting around. the Route 1 and Route 301 area is about 7.7 miles away, Wilmington about 24.
  • Inside the community. 624 planned homes with clubhouses, recreational areas and large open space.

What Is Around YouDay To Day From Carter Farm

  • Medical. ChristianaCare’s Middletown campus.
  • Groceries. the grocery stores in Middletown.
  • Restaurants. the restaurants on Main Street and along Route 299 in Middletown.
  • Parks and outdoors. about 40 acres of public open space on the plan, and the farm roads around it.
  • Shopping. the shopping centers in Middletown. Delaware charges no sales tax.

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Learn More AboutCarter Farm

A 624 Home Plan Northwest of Middletown

Carter Farm is New Castle County application 2021-0285-S, an open space planned development.
What is planned: 624 homes: 189 large single-family lots, 32 small single-family lots, 32 lot line single-family lots, 36 townhouse lots, 95 age-restricted single-family village lots and 240 apartment units.
The land: about 427 acres in the county record, with about 40 acres of public open space and about 233 acres of private open space.
The approval: the county approved the record plan on November 20, 2024, and it was recorded January 31, 2025.
Where it sits: south of Bethel Church Road and west of Choptank Road, in Pencader Hundred, Council District 6, zoned S (Suburban).
No homes are for sale yet that we know of. Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will tell you the day that changes.

About the Homes

The county record sets six kinds of homes.
Single-family: 189 large lots, 32 small lots and 32 lot line lots.
Age-restricted village: 95 single-family lots that the county record describes as age restricted.
Townhouses: 36 lots.
Apartments: 240 units.
Builder: none named in the county record.
When a builder releases plans and prices, we will put them on this page.

About the Amenities

The county record lists clubhouses and recreational areas.
Open space: about 40 acres of public open space and about 233 acres of private open space.
The old farmhouse: the project’s site engineer describes restoring the historic farmhouse, dated to about 1780, on its own lot.
Amenities on a plan are not open amenities. We will tell you what is built before you commit.

How It Got Here

Carter Farm has been in New Castle County review since 2021.
Filed: May 6, 2021.
State and federal steps: the record shows a DelDOT approval letter in March 2024 and an Army Corps permit in October 2024.
Recorded: the record major land development plan was approved November 20, 2024 and recorded January 31, 2025 at Instrument No. 20250131-0007191.
Applicant: Choptank Road LLC is the contact in the county record.
If you want to read what was approved, search New Castle County’s project records for 2021-0285. We can pull them for you.

About the Area

Carter Farm carries a Middletown address and sits in the countryside northwest of town. Distances are road miles from the Bethel Church Road frontage.
Middletown: about 6.6 miles.
Route 1: about 7.7 miles to the Route 1 and Route 301 area.
Odessa: about 10 miles.
Hospital: ChristianaCare has a campus in Middletown, and Christiana Hospital near Newark is about 17 miles.
Schools: Appoquinimink School District. Confirm school assignments with the district for any specific address.

About the HOA

No homeowners association documents for Carter Farm are public yet.
Status: there are no fees to quote.
Ask us what the fee covers today. We will get the figures from the association documents as soon as they exist.

What You Get

The practical details from the county record.
Plan type: an open space planned development, with most of the land kept as open space.
Sewer: a sewer plan is part of the county review.
Roads: a DelDOT approval letter is in the record.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will get the documents for any home here once they exist.

About the Taxes

Read this first: Active Adults Realty is not a tax, legal or financial advisor and nothing below is advice. Confirm every figure with your own tax professional and with New Castle County before you rely on it.
The state picture: Delaware has no state sales tax, no estate tax and no inheritance tax, and Social Security is not taxed.
The local picture: Carter Farm is outside the Middletown town limits, so the property tax bill is county and school tax with no town tax on top.
New homes: a new home is assessed once it is finished, so the first tax bill may cover only the land.
Call 302-549-5164 and we will pull the recorded figures once homes are on the tax rolls.

Straight AnswersCarter Farm Questions

Is Carter Farm a 55+ community?

Carter Farm is an all-ages community with a section of 95 single-family village lots that the New Castle County record describes as age restricted. Ask us how the age rule would apply once those homes are offered.

How many homes are planned at Carter Farm?

624: 189 large single-family lots, 32 small single-family lots, 32 lot line single-family lots, 36 townhouse lots, 95 age-restricted single-family village lots and 240 apartment units.

Is Carter Farm approved?

Yes. New Castle County approved the record major land development plan on November 20, 2024, and it was recorded on January 31, 2025 (application 2021-0285-S).

Where is Carter Farm?

On the south side of Bethel Church Road west of Choptank Road, and the west side of Choptank Road south of Bethel Church Road, with a Middletown, DE 19709 address. It is about 6.6 miles by road from Middletown.

What amenities are planned at Carter Farm?

The county record lists clubhouses and recreational areas, with about 40 acres of public open space and about 233 acres of private open space.

Who is building Carter Farm?

No homebuilder has been named in the county record. Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will tell you the day that changes.

Around Carter Farm

Where it is

Carter Farm is in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. You can see it beside every other community that has a page on our site on our Delaware Community Map.

Public schools

Carter Farm is in the Appoquinimink School District. School assignments can change, so confirm a specific address with the district: Appoquinimink School District.

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