10 GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE. [bull. 230. 
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 dis- 
charge, 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 Wash- 
ington Railroad, situated on Delaware River where it merges into Delaware Bay, 
about 12 miles southwest of Wilmington. 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 Dela- 
ware Bay. 
Downs Chapel; post village in Kent County. 
Drawbridg-e; post village in Sussex County near Delaware Bay. 
Drawyer; creek, a small tributary to Delaware Bay in Newcastle County. 
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. 
Edg-emoor; 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 Wash- 
ington and the Queen Anne's railroads. 
Elsmere; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and < )hio Railroad. 
Fairmont; post village in Sussex County. 
Farming'ton ; post village in Kent County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Farnhurst; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Faulkland; post village in Newcastle County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Felton; 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 Washington 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. 
Granog-ue; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- 
way. 
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. 
