Broad Creek
Broad Creek is a 8.00 mi long 4th order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.- Type: River
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Broad Creek River” and “Laurel River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laurel Airport.
Laurel Airport
Airstrip
Laurel Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Laurel, a city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsville and 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.
Broad Creek
Hamlet
Broad Creek is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Broad Creek is 2 miles north-northwest of Laurel. Broad Creek is named after the river of that name that drains the Bald Cypress swamps of both Trap Pond and Trussum Pond.
Laurel
Photo: Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3,865 at the time of the 2020 census. Laurel is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Broad Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.56472° or 38° 33′ 53″ northLongitude
-75.6212° or 75° 37′ 16″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C6H97H+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 469888399OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
4141644Wikidata ID
Q32846375
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Broad Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Broad Creek”
- Cebuano: “Broad Creek”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broad Creek Estates and Bethel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bethel Heritage Museum and Portsville Pond.
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