Bulletin No. 230 Series F, Geography, 38

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR

A.

GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE

BY

HENRY GKAJSTNETT

WASHINGTON

G O V E 11 N M E N T P KI N T ING O F FI C E

1904.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, . Washington, D. G. , March 9, 1904-

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a 

bulletin, a- gazetteer of Delaware. 

Very respectfully,

HENRY GANNETT,.

Geographer. 

Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT,

Director United States G-eological Survey.

A GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE. *

HENRY GANNETT.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE.

Delaware is one of the Middle States, and borders upon Delaware 

Bay and the Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 38° 30' and 39° 45', and 

between longitudes 75° 00' and 75° 50'. The east boundary of the 

State is Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The south boundary 

is a line beginning at Cape Henlopen as the name was originally 

applied in latitude 38° 27', and running due west 34 miles 309 

perches. The west boundary is a straight line, commencing at the 

westernmost point on the southern boundary and running northward 

81 miles 78 chains and 30 links until it touches and makes a tangent o

to the western periphery of a circle with a radius of 12 statute miles 

from the center of the town of Newcastle. The north boundary is 

the peripheiy of this circle as far as Delaware River.

Delaware was first settled by the Dutch in 1629. In 1638 the 

Swedes made a settlement and held the colony until 1655, when it was 

surrendered to the Dutch. In 1664 this region, with the other Dutch 

possessions, was acquired by the Duke of York. In 1682 this territory passed from the Duke of York to William Penn by deed, and 

was held by him until 1701, when he granted it a charter enabling its 

people to set up a separate government. Delaware is one of the 

thirteen original States, and was the first to adopt the Constitution, 

taking this step December 7, 1787.

The population of the State in 1900 was 184,735. The following 

table gives the population at each census since 1790:

Population of Delaware at each census since 1790.

1790................................................................... 59, 096

1800................................................................... 64,273

1810...................."............................................... 72,674

1820.................... r .............................................. 72, 749

1830.................................................................'... 76, 748

1840.....................................................".............. 78,085

1850................................................................... 91,532

1860.................................................................. 112,216

1870.................................................................... 125, 015

1.880....................:.............................................. 146, 608

1890.....................................................'.............. 168, 493

1900.................................................................... 184, 735
6 GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE. [BULL. 230.

The density of population in 1900 was 94.3 inhabitants to a square 

mile. The chief city is Wilmington, with a population of '76,508 in 

1900; the capital is Dover, with a population of 3,329 in 1900. The 

urban population in 1900 amounted to about 54 per cent. As to sexes, 

the population is divided in the proportion of 51 males to 49 females. 

The State contains 30,69'7 negroes, five-sixths of the population beingwhite, while one-sixth is colored. The proportion of foreign born is 

small, only 7.5 per cent of the inhabitants being foreign born, to 92.5 

per cent native born.

Of the total population 10 years of age and over, 12 per cent were 

unable to read and write. This illiterac}7 was, however, found mainly 

among negroes. The illiterate element of the whites consisted of only 7 

per cent of the whole number, while that of the negroes constituted 38 

per cent. Of the total population over 15 years of age, 36 per cent 

were single, 55 per cent married, 8 per cent widowed, and 0.2 per cent 

divorced.

Of the entire number of inhabitants over 10 years of age, almost 

exactly one-half were engaged in gainful occupations. Of the males 

not less than 81 per cent were wage-earners, and of the females IS per 

cent. The wage-earners were distributed in the following proportions 

among the five grand divisions of occupations:

Proportions of wage-earners in Delaware in 1900.

Per cent.

Agriculture ................................................................. 26

Professions ................................................................. 4

Domestic and personal service................................................ 23

Trade and transportation ..................'......................._.._..._... 16

Manufacturing ................................................................. 31

In 1900 there were 9,687 farms in the State, of which more than 

nine-tenths were operated by white farmers. Of the entire number

of farms, just one-half were operated by their owners and the other 

half by tenants. The area of land in farms was 1,066,228 acres, of 

which 754,010 acres were improved. The average size of the farms 

was 110 acres, which is considerably less than the average of the 

country. The improved area amounted to 71 per cent of the total 

farm area and 60 per cent of the total area of the State. The value 

of all the farm property was $40,697,654, of which $34,436,040 consisted of land and buildings, $2,150,560 of farm implements and 

machineiy, and $4,111,054 of live stock. The farm products were 

valued at $9,290,777. The average value per farm of all farm property was $4,201, and the value of products per farm was $959. The 

following table gives the number of animals .upon farms:
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Animals on farms in Delaware in 1900. 

Meat cattle ............................................................. 54,180

Horses ................................................................. 29, 722

Mules ................................................................... 4,745

Sheep ..................................................................-11, 765

Swine .................................................................. 46, 732

The following table gives the amounts of farm products in 1900:

Farm products of Delaware in 1900. 

Corn .......................................................bushels.. 4, 736, 580

"Wheat........................................................do.... 1, 870, 570

Oats .........................................................do.... 131,960

Hay and other forage...................................... .tons..... 128,193

Potatoes ................................................. ..bushels..' 414,610

Sweet potatoes................................................do.... 222,165

Dairy products...................................................... $1/092, 807

The total number of manufacturing establishments in the State

in 1900 was 1,417, with a total capital of $41,203,239 and 22,303 

employees. The wages paid aimually amounted to $9,259,661, the 

value of materials to $26,652,601, and the value of products to

$45,387,630.
GAZETTEER,

Angola; post village in Sussex County near the coast.

Appoquinimink; small creek in Newcastle County, which flows eastward into 

Delaware Bay.

Argo; post village in Sussex County.

Armstrong; railroad station in Newcastle County on Philadelphia, Baltimore ami 

Washington Railroad.

Ashland; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Bacons; post village in Sussex County.

Bayard; post village in Sussex County.

Bayville; post village in Sussex County.

Bear; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Beavervalley; small town in Newcastle County, near Wilmington.'

Bellevue; post village in Newcastle County on Delaware River and on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Berrytown; village in Kent County.

Bethel; post village in Sussex County.

Bingham; station in Kent County on the Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad.

Blackbird; creek, a small left-hand branch of Duck Creek, a tributary of Delaware 

River.

Blackbird; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Blackistone; village in Kent County.

Blackwater; village in Sussex County.

Blades; post village in Sussex County.

Blanchard; post village in Sussex County on the Q.ueen Anne's Railroad.

Bombay; hook, a point in Kent County projecting into Delaware Bay.

Bombay Hook; island in Kent County; it has Delaware Bay on the east, and is 

divided from the mainland by Duck Creek.

Bowers; village in Kent County.

Brandywine; post village in Newcastle County in the northernmost hundred in the 

State.

Brenford; post village in Kent County, 8 miles north of Dover, on the Philadelphia, 

Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Bridgeville; town in Sussex County, near Nanticoke River, on the Philadelphia, 

Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Population, 613.

Broad; creek, a small left-hand tributary to Nanticoke River.

Broad Kiln; small creek in Sussex County flowing into Delaware Bay.

Brownsville; village in Kent County.

Bunting; post village in Sussex County.

Camden; town in Kent County, near Dover. Population, 536.
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Cannon; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Kailroad.

Canterbury; village in Kent County near Dover.

Carpenter; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Eailroad.

Carrcroft; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Cedar; creek, rising in (Sussex County and flowing east into Delaware Bay.

Cedar; island at entrance of Rehoboth Bay.

Cedar Creek; village in Sussex County.

Centerville; post village in Newcastle County near Wilmington.

Chambersville; village in Newcastle County.

Chestnut; hill in Newcastle County. Elevation, 280 feet.

Cheswold; town in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 201.

Choate; post village in Newcastle County.

Christiana; creek, formed by Red Clay and White Clay creeks, which unite in 

Newcastle County. It runs northeastward and enters Delaware River about 2 

miles below Wilmington.

Christiana; post village in Newcastle County.

Clark; point in Kent County projecting into Delaware Bay.

Clarksville; post village in Sussex County.

Claymont; post village in Newcastle County on Delaware River and on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Raih-oad.

Clayton; town in Kent County on Duck Creek on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad. Population, 819.

Columbia; post village in Sussex County.

Concord; town in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Concord; post village in Sussex County near Nanticoke River.

Coochs Bridge; post village near Delaware City in .Newcastle County, known as 

Cooch, on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Coolspring; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Coopers Corners; village in Kent County.

Corbit; station in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Cowgill; village in Kent County.

Cowmarsh; ditch, branch of Chotank River in Kent County.

Cranberry; branch, a tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Dagsboro; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 190.

Deakyneville; village in Newcastle County.

Deep; creek, a head fork of Nanticoke River in Sussex County.

Deepwater; marshy point in Kent County-projecting into Delaware Bay.

Delaney; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Delaware; bay, an inlet of the sea, or an estuary, through which Delaware River 

enters the Atlantic Ocean. The entrance of the bay, which is between Cape 

May and Cape Henlopen, is about 13 miles wide and its length is about 55 miles.

Delaware; river, formed by .two branches sometimes called the Coquago and the 

Popacton, which rise in New York near the northeastern border of Delaware 

County and unite at Hancock in the -same county. From this point it runs 

southeastward, forming the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania, 

until it reaches Port Jervis and touches the northern extremity of New Jersey. 

Here Kittatinny Mountain causes it to change its course and run south westward 

along the base of that ridge to the Delaware Water Gap near Stroudsburg. About
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40 miles below Philadelphia it expands into an estuary called Delaware Bay. 

This river forms the entire boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

The length of the main stream is estimated to be about 280 miles; the mean discharge, 18,619 second-feet at Lambertville, N. J.; navigable to Trenton. Drainage 

area, 12,012 square miles.

Delaware City; city in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, situated on Delaware River where it merges into Delaware Bay, 

about 12 miles southwest of Wilrnington. Population, 1,132.

Delmar; town in Sussex County on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk and 

the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroads. Population, 444.

Dover; town and county seat of Kent County, situated on St. Jones Creek and- on the 

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, about 6 miles west of Delaware Bay.

Downs Chapel; post village in Kent County.

Drawbridge; post village in Sussex County near Delaware Bay.

Drawyer; creek, a small tributary to Delaware Bay in Newcastle Count}7 .

Duck; creek, forms the boundary between Kent and Newcastle counties and empties 

into Delaware Bay.

Dupont; station in Kent County on the. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Dyke; branch, a tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Eagles Nest; landing on .Smyrna River on boundary between Newcastle and Kent 

counties.

Edgemoor; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad about 3 miles from Wilmington.

Edwardsville; village in Kent County.

Ellendale; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and the Queen Anne's railroads.

Elsmere; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Fairmont; post village in Sussex County.

Farmington; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Farnliurst; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Faulkland; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Feiton; town and post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and

Washington Railroad.

Fennimore; landing on Appoquinimink Creek in Newcastle County.

Fieldsboro; village in Newcastle County.

Forest; post village in Newcastle County.

Frankford; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Frederica; town in Kent County on Murderkill Creek. Population, 706.

Georgetown; town and county seat of Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore 

and A;Vashington Railroad. Population, 1,658.

Glasgow; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Goose; marshy point in Kent County projecting into Delaware Bay.

Granogue; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

Gravelly Branch; creek, a head branch of Nanticoke River in Sussex County.

Green; branch of Smyrna River in Kent County.

Green Spring; village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.
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Greenville; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading

Railway. 

Greenwood; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and

Washington and the Queen Anne's railroads. 

Grubbs; post'village in Newcastle County. 

Gumboro; post village in Sussex County. 

Guyencourt; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading

Railway.

Hangmans Bun; a small tributary to Delaware Bay in Newcastle County. 

Harbeson; post village in Sussex County, known as Broadkill, on the Philadelphia,

Baltimore and Washington Railroad. 

Harrington; town in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington

Railroad. Population, 1,242. 

Hartly; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington

Railroad.

Hazlettville; village in Kent County.

Henlopen; cape on the eastern coast of Delaware at the entrance of Delaware Bay. 

Henry Clay Factory; post village in Newcastle County.

Herring; small creek rising in Sussex County and flowing east into Rehoboth Bay.

Hickman; post village in Kent County on the Queen Anne's Railroad.

Hockessin; post village in Newcastle County.

Hollandville; village in Kent County.

Hollyoak; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

AVashington Railroad.

Hollyville; post village in Sussex County.

Houston Station; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

AVashington Railroad.

Indian; river of Sussex County flowing eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

Iron; hill in Newcastle County. Altitude, 340 feet. 

Isaac; branch of St. Jones Creek in Kent County.

Keeney; station in Newcastle County on Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Kelleys; small island in Delaware Bay near the coast.

Kent; county, situated in the central part of the State, bounded on the east by Delaware Bay and drained by Choptank River and Duck and Mispillion creeks. 

The surface is extensively covered with forests. The soil is mostly fertile; area, 

615 square miles; population, 32,762; white, 25,017; negro, 7,738; foreign born, . 626; 'county seat, Dover. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 6° 30'; 

the mean annual rainfall about 45 inches, and the mean annual temperature, 

about 50°. The county is traversed by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and AVashington Railroad.

Kenton; town and post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

AVashington Railroad., Population, 192.

Kirkwood; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Knowles; post village in Sussex County.

Lambs; village in Sussex County.

Laurel; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and A\rashington 

Railroad. Population, 825.

Lebanon; village in Kent County.

Leipsic; town in Kent County. Population, 305.

Lewes; creek, a very small branch rising in Sussex County and flowing north into 

Delaware Bay.
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Lewes;, town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and 

the Queen Anne's railroads. Population, 2,259.

Lincoln; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Lisbon; point in Newcastle County projecting into Delaware Bay.

Little; creek rising in Kent County and emptying into Delaware Bay.

Little. Bombay Hook; small marshy island in Delaware Bay in Kent County near 

mouth of Delaware River.

Littlecreek; town in Kent County. Population, 259.

Little Duck; creek, a tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Love; creek, rises in Sussex County and empties into Rehoboth Bay.

Lowes Crossroads; village in Sussex County.

McClellandsville; post village in Newcastle County.

McDonough; post village in Newcastle County.

Magnolia; town in Kent County. Population, 208.

Marshallton; post .village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Marydel; village on boundary line between Delaware and Maryland on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Masten; village in Kent County.

Middle; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Indian River in Sussex County.

Middleford; post village in Sussex County on Nanticoke River.

Middletown; town in Newcastle County on'the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Population, 1,567.

Midway; post village in Sussex County.

Milford; town in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 2,500.

Mill; creek, a branch of Smyrna River in Kent County.

Millsboro; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 391.

Millville; post village in Sussex County.

Milton; town in Sussex County on the Queen Anne's Railroad. Population, 948.

Mispillion; small creek forming the boundary between Sussex and Kent counties 

and flowing into Delaware Bay.

Mission; village in Sussex County.

Montchanin; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading

Railway.

Morris; branch of Smyrna River in Newcastle County.

Mount Cuba; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Mount Pleasant; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore 

and "Washington Railroad.

Mudstone; branch of St. Jones Creek in Kent County.

Murder Hill; small creek rising in Kent County and flowing into Delaware Bay.

Nanticoke; river, rises in Sussex County and runs southwestward into Maryland, 

where it forms the boundary between the counties of Dorchester and Wicomico, 

and enters Chesapeake Bay at the western extremity of the latter county. 

Length, 75 miles.

Nassau; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Newark; town in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroads. Population, 1,213.

Newcastle; city in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, situated on the Delaware River. Population, 3,380.

Newcastle; county, the most northern of the State, bordering on Pennsylvania. 

It is bounded on the east by Delaware River and Bay and is drained by Brandy-
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wine, Christiana, Red Clay, and Duck creeks. The surface is undulating; the 

soil is fertile. Area, 434 square miles. Population, 109,697; white, 93,454; 

negro, 16,197; foreign born, 12,916. County seat, Wilrnington. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 6° 05/ ; the mean annual rainfall, 45 inches; and the 

temperature, 50° 00'. The county is traversed by the Baltimore and Ohio, the 

Philadelphia and Reading, and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

railroads.

Newport; town in Newcastle County on Christiana Creek arid on the Philadelphia, 

Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Northwest; branch of Smyrna River in Newcastle County.

Noxontown; pond on headwaters of Appoquinimink Creek in Newcastle County.

Oakel; village in Sussex County.

Oakgrove; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Oakley; post village in Sussex County on the Queen Anne's Railroad.

Oceanview; post village in Sussex County near the ocean.

Odessa; town in Newcastle County on Appoquinimink Creek.

Omar; post village in Sussex County.

Overbrodk; post village in Sussex County on the Queen Anne's Railroad. 

Owens; post village in Sussex County on the Queen Anne's Railroad.

Pearson; village in Kent County.

Pepper; small creek emptying into Indian Bay in Sussex County.

Pepper; village in Sussex County.

Petersburg; village in Kent Count}'.

Porter; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Port Mahon; landing on shore of Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Port Penn; town in Newcastle County. Population, 304.

Price Corners; village in Newcastle County.

Prime Hook; creek, rising in Sussex County and emptying into DelaAvare Bay.

Providence; creek, a branch of Smyrna River in Newcastle County.

Puncheon; branch of St. Jones Creek in Kent County.

Ralph; post village in Sussex County.

Redden; post village in Sussex County on Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Red Lion; creek, a very small right-hand branch of Delaware River in Newcastle 

County.

Redlion; post village in Newcastle County.

Reedy; island at head of Delaware Bay.

Rehoboth; bay, on the coast about 10 miles south of Cape Henlopen, separated from 

the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow peninsula. It connects on the south with Indian 

River Bay.

Rehoboth; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

and the Queen Anne's railroads. Population, 198.

Reybold; station in Newcastle County on. the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Rising-sun; village in Kent County.

Robbins; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Robinsonville; post village in Sussex County.

Rockland; post village in Newcastle County on Brandywine Creek.

Roxana; post village in Sussex County.

St. Georges; town in Newcastle County. Population, 325.

St. Johns Branch; river, one of the small head branches of Nanticoke River, j
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St. Jones; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Sandtown; village in Kent County.

Sandy; point in Kent County projecting into Delaware Bay.

Scotts; village in Sussex Cotmty.

Seaford; town in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 1,724.

Selbyville; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Seven Hickories; village in Kent County.

Sewell; branch of Chester River in Kent County.

Sheals Branch; small head branch of Indian River, rising in Sussex County.

Shortly; village in Sussex County.

Shorts; landing on Smyrna River on boundary between Newcastle and Kent counties.

Slaughter; village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Silver Run; small stream in Newcastle county tributary to Delaware Bay.

Smith; post village in Sussex County.

Smyrna; river, tributary to Delaware Bay- on boundary between Newcastle and 

Kent counties.

Smyrna; town in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad. Population, 2,168.

Southwood; station in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Spring1 ; creek, a tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County.

Stanton; post village in Newcastle County, near Christiana Creek, on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads.

Stateroad; post village in Newcastle County dn the Philadelphia, 'Baltimore and 

Washington Railroad.

Stockley; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Summit Bridge; post village in Newcastle County on the Chesapeake and Delaware 

Canal.

Sussex; southernmost county, bordering oh Maryland. It is bounded on the east 

by Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and is drained by Nanticoke and 

Indian rivers and by Mispillion and other creeks. The surface is nearly level, 

and a large part of it is covered with forests. The soil is mostly fertile; area, 

911 square miles. Population, 42,276; white, 35,504; negro, 6,762; foreign born, 

268. County seat, Georgetown. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 

5° 45X ; the mean annual rainfall, 45 inches; and the temperature 50°. The 

county is traversed by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and the 

Queen Anne's railroads.

Sycamore; post village in Sussex County.

Talleyville; post village in Newcastle County.

Tanners Branch; river, a small left-hand tributary to Choptank River, rising in 

Kent County;

Taylors Bridge; post village in Newcastle County.

Thomas Corners; village in Newcastle County.

Thompson; post village in Newcastle County on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Thompsonville; village in Kent County.

Thoroughfare; neck of land lying between Cedar Swamp and Smyrna River in 

Newcastle County.

Tidbury; creek, a branch ci St. Jones Creek in Kent County.

Townsend; town in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Population, 399.
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'Trinity; post village in Sussex County.

Union; village in Newcastle County. . Vance; neck of land lying between Silver River and Drawyer Creek in Newcastle 

County.

Vandyke; village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Viola; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 

Railroad.

Walker; village.in Newcastle County.

Waples; post village in Sussex County.

Ward; village in Sussex County.

Warwick; post village in Sussex County.

Westville; village in Kent County.

Whitesboro; post village in Sussex County on the Queen Anne's Railroad.

Whitesville; post village in Sussex County.

Wildcat; branch, a tributary to Choptank River in Kent County.

Williamsville; post village in Sussex County.'

Willowgrove; village in Kent County.

Wilmington; city and county seat of Newcastle County. Population, 76,508. It is 

the port of entry, situated on the Delaware River and on the Brandywine and 

Christiana creeks which unite one-half mile from the river. It is on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, the Philadelphia and Reading, and the 

Baltimore and Ohio railroads.

Winterthur; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading 

Railway.

Wooddale; post village in Newcastle County-on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Woodland; post village in Sussex County.

Woodside; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Wyoming; town in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and -Washington 

Railroad. Population, 450.

Yorklyn; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio.

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115. Geographic dictionary of Rhode Island, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 31pp.

116. Geographic dictionary of Massachusetts, by Henry Gannett. 1894. ]20pp.

117. Geographic dictionary of Connecticut, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 67 pp.

118. Geographic dictionary of New Jersey, by Henry'Gannett. 1894. 131pp.

122. Results of primary triangulation, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 412pp., 17 pis. (Out of stock.)

123. Dictionary of geographic positions, by Henry Gannett. 1895. 183 pp.,1 map. (Outof stock.)

154. Gazetteer of Kansas, by Henry Gannett. 1898. 240 pp., Cpls.

160. Dictionary of altitudes in United States (third edition), by Henry Gannett. 1899. 775 pp.

(Outof stock.) 

166. Gazetteer of Utah, by Henry Gannett. 1900. 43 pp.,1 map.

169. Altitudes in Alaska, by Henry Gannett. 1900. 13 pp.

170. Survey of boundary line between Idaho and Montana from international boundary to crest 

of Bitterroot Mountains, by R. U. Goode. 1900. 67 pp., 14 pis.

171. Boundaries of United States and of the several States and Territories, with outline of 

history of all important changes of territory (second edition), by Henry Gannett. 1900. 

142pp., 53 pis. (Outof stock; see Bulletin 226.) °

174. Survey of northwestern boundary of United States, 1857-1861, by Marcus Baker. 1900. 

78 pp., 1 pi.

175. Triangulation and spirit leveling in Indian Territory, by C. H. Fitch. 1900. 141. pp., 1 pi. 

181. Results of primary triangulatioii and primary traverse, fiscal year 1900-0.1, by H. M.

Wilson, J. H. Renshawe, E. M. Douglas, and R. U. Goode. 1901. 240 pp., 1 map. 

183. Gazetteer of Porto Rico, by Henry Gannett. 1901. 51 pp.

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185. Results of spirit leveling, fiscal year 1900-01, by H. M. Wilson, J. H. Renshawe, E. .M.

Douglas, and R. U. Goode. 1901. 219 pp.

187. Geographic dictionary of Alaska, by Marcus Baker. 1901. 446 pp. (Out of stock.) 

190. Gazetteer of Texas, by Henry Gannett. 1903. 162 pp.,8 pis. (Out of stock.) 

192. Gazetteer of Cuba, by Henry Gannett. 1903. 113 pp., 8 pis. (Out of stock.) 

194. Northwest boundary of Texas, by Marcus Baker. 1903. 51 pp.,1 pi.

196. Topographic development of the Klamath Mountains, by J. S. Diller. 1902. 69 pp., 13 pis.

197. The origin of certain place names in the United States, by Henry Gannett. 1902. 280 pp.

(Out of stock.) 

201. Results of primary triangulation and primary traverse, fiscal year 1901-02, by H. M. Wilson,

J. H. Renshawe, E. M. Douglas, and R. U. Goode. 1902. 164pp., 1 pi. 

214. Geographic tables and formulas, compiled by S. S. Gannett. 1903. 284 pp. 

216. Results of primary triangulation and primary traverse, fiscal year 1902-03, by S. S. Gannett.

1903. 222pp., 1 pi.

224. Gazetteer of Texas (second edition), by Henry Gannett. 1904. 177 pp., 7 pis. 

226. Boundaries of the United States and of the several States and Territories, with an outline

of the history of all important changes of territory (third edition), by Henry Gannett.

1904. 145 pp., 54 pis. 

230. Gazetteer of Delaware, by Henry Gannett. 1904. 15 pp.

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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

JUNE, 1904.
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... A gazetteer of Delaware, by Henry Gannett. 

Washington, Gov't print, off., 1904.

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