14 GAZETTEER OF DELAWARE. [bull. 230. 
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 County. 
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 Wash- 
ington 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 coun- 
ties. 
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. 
Spring-; creek, a tributary to Delaware Bay in Kent County. 
Stanton; post village in Newcastle County, near Christiana Creek, on the Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore and AVashington and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads. 
Stateroad; post village in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Stockley; post village in Sussex County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Summit Bridge; post village in Newcastle County on the Chesapeake and Delaware 
Canal. 
Sussex; southernmost county, bordering on 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° 45 / ; the mean annual rainfall, 45 inches; and the temperature 50°. The 
count)- is traversei I 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 Bridg-e; 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. 
Thoroug-hfare ; neck Of land lying between Cedar Swamp and Smyrna River in 
Newcastle County. 
Tidbury; creek, a branch cf St. Jones Creek in Kent County. 
Townsend; town in Newcastle County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. Population, 399. 
