 ardencroft is a village in new castle county, delaware, united states. according to the 2010 census, the population of the village is 231.http://www.stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/ ardencroft was founded in 1950 as an outgrowth of arden and ardentown with a conceptual lifestyle based on henry george's single tax movement and william morrisâs arts and crafts principles. ardencroft was the last of seventeen land trusts founded between 1894 and 1950, ardencroft's tax structure is based on the single tax economic philosophy of henry george. as a result, a person's house is not taxed, only the land it sits on, which is owned in by a charitable trust and managed by three directors. half the land is woods and open space. foot paths criss-cross the village. at its founding in 1950, ardencroft formally encouraged minorities to settle there, actively seeking out families that wanted to live in an integrated setting. the nearby, former arden sc
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