page_title: Sassafras River
hierarchical_section_title: Sassafras River
caption_attribution_description: This is a map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with the Sassafras River and its watershed highlighted. I made it using USGS data.
context_page_description: The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States. It is approximately 22 miles long and starts in western New Castle County, Delaware, and along the boundary between Cecil County, Maryland on the north and Kent County, Maryland on the south. It rises southwest of Middletown, Delaware and ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a wide mouth between Howell Point near Betterton, Maryland and Grove Point on Grove Neck.
  It is south of the Elk River and north of the Chester River. The Sassafras River is entirely within the coastal plain. Its watershed area is 97 square miles, with 83 square miles of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 14% water.
  There are several small creeks on the northern shore of the Sassafras River, including Money Creek, Cox Creek, Foreman Creek, Back Creek, McGill Creek, Dowdel Creek, Hall Creek, and Duffy Creek. On the southern shore small creeks include Lloyd Creek, Turner's Creek, Freeman Creek, Woodland Creek, Dyer Creek, Mill Creek, Swantown Creek, Jacobs Creek, and Herring Branch.
  On the 1612 John Smith map of the area, it was called the Tockwogh River.
context_section_description: The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States. It is approximately 22 miles (35 km) long and starts in western New Castle County, Delaware, and along the boundary between Cecil County, Maryland on the north and Kent County, Maryland on the south. It rises southwest of Middletown, Delaware and ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a wide mouth between Howell Point near Betterton, Maryland and Grove Point on Grove Neck.
  It is south of the Elk River and north of the Chester River. The Sassafras River is entirely within the coastal plain. Its watershed area (including the water surface) is 97 square miles (250 km²), with 83 square miles (210 km²) of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 14% water.
  There are several small creeks on the northern shore of the Sassafras River, including Money Creek, Cox Creek, Foreman Creek, Back Creek, McGill Creek, Dowdel Creek, Hall Creek, and Duffy Creek. On the southern shore small creeks include Lloyd Creek, Turner's Creek, Freeman Creek, Woodland Creek, Dyer Creek, Mill Creek, Swantown Creek, Jacobs Creek, and Herring Branch.
  On the 1612 John Smith map of the area, it was called the Tockwogh River.
caption: The Sassafras River and its watershed is highlighted in yellow on this map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
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