Broad Creek
Broad Creek is a stream in Sussex County, Delaware. Broad Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Hoagland Subdivision, as well as near White River Estates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dickerson Potato House and Galestown Cemetery.
Dickerson Potato House
Building
Photo: Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dickerson Potato House is a historic potato house located near Delmar, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type.
Galestown Cemetery
Cemetery
Galestown Cemetery is a cemetery located in Galestown, Maryland. One person of note interred there is Homer Smoot, a one-time professional baseball player. Galestown Cemetery is situated 2½ miles west of Broad Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodland and Portsville.
Woodland
Hamlet
Woodland is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Woodland is located on the Nanticoke River, 3.8 miles southwest of Seaford. Woodland is situated 2½ miles northeast of Broad Creek.
Portsville
Hamlet
Portsville is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Portsville is located on the southern bank of Broad Creek, 0.8 miles southwest of Bethel. Portsville is situated 2½ miles east of Broad Creek.
Sharptown
Village
Sharptown is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 651 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sharptown is situated 3 miles southwest of Broad Creek.
Broad Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Broad Creek River” and “Laurel River”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.569° or 38° 34′ 8″ northLongitude
-75.67465° or 75° 40′ 29″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C6H89G+J4GeoNames ID
4141644
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hoagland Subdivision and White River Estates.
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