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2019 Map of Georgetown

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Georgetown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Georgetown serves as the focal point of this Sussex County landscape, where the street grid of the county seat meets a complex network of agricultural drainage and timberland. The surrounding countryside is defined by several long-established intersections, including Kings Crossroads, McDonalds Crossroads, and Knowles Crossroads, reflecting a settlement pattern of dispersed rural communities. A significant number of small burial grounds, such as Cokesbury Cem, Hebron Cem, and Providence Cem, are scattered throughout the quadrangle, often marking the locations of earlier family farms or neighborhood churches like Rum Bridge.

The hydrography of the region is dominated by an extensive system of man-made ditches designed to reclaim the low-lying terrain, including the Georgetown-Vaughn Ditch and Alms House Ditch. To the north, the Redden area and Redden Crossroads sit near the edge of the state forest lands, while the Delmarva Peninsula railroad line cuts through the landscape, providing a vital link for the local economy. This survey documents the persistent rural character of central Delaware, balancing the concentrated development of the town with the heavily managed water systems of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.