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2016 Map of Frederica

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Frederica
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Saint Jones River and Murderkill River wind through the tidal marshes of the Delmarva Peninsula in this 2016 record of coastal Kent County. The town of Frederica occupies the southern reach of the map, while the edge of Dover and the expansive Dover Air Force Base define the northern boundary. The landscape is a complex network of agricultural land and wetlands, punctuated by ditches like Beaver Gut Ditch and Trunk Ditch that manage the low-lying terrain near the Delaware Bay.

Coastal settlements such as Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, and South Bowers sit precariously along the shoreline, separated from the inland by vast necks of land including Murderkill Neck and Saint Jones Neck. Genealogists and local historians can locate Saint James Cem near the Frederica Bypass and trace the development of smaller communities like Little Heaven, Florence, and Barkers Landing along the primary north-south transit corridor.