gannett.] GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE. \) 
Cannon; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Canterbury; village in Kent County near Dover. 
Carpenter; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
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 Phila- 
delphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. 
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 Nan ticoke River. 
Coochs Bridge; post village near Delaware City in Newcastle County, known as 
Cooch, on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. 
Coolspring 1 ; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington 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. 
Dag-sboro; 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 
