Christina River
The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles long, in northern Delaware. It also flows through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Christeen Creek”, “Christeen River”, “Christen River”, “Christian Creek”, “Christiana Creek”, “Christiana River”, “Christianna Creek”, “Christians Creek”, “Christiany River”, “Christien Creek”, “Christien River”, “Christina Creek”, “Christina Kihl”, “Christina Kill”, “Christinafloden”, “Christine Creek”, “Christine River”, “Elb River”, “Elbe River”, “Maniqua’s Kihl”, “Manques Kill”, “Minckquas Kil”, “Minqua’s Kihl”, “Minqua’s Kill”, “Minquaas Kill”, “Minquas Kil”, “Minquas Kill”, “Minquas River”, “Minques Kill”, “Minquess Kill”, “Sickpeckons”, “Sippunk”, “Supeckonagh”, “Suspecough”, and “Tasswaijres”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellevue Range Rear Light and Fort Christina.
Bellevue Range Rear Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the mouth of the Christina River on the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware…
Fort Christina
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the… Fort Christina is situated 2 miles northwest of Christina River.
Holy Trinity Church
Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. Holy Trinity Church is situated 2 miles northwest of Christina River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holloway Terrace and Landlith.
Holloway Terrace
Hamlet
Holloway Terrace is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holloway Terrace is located on the outskirts of the city of Wilmington along Delaware Route 9 and Interstate 295, southwest of the Port of Wilmington. Holloway Terrace is situated 2 miles southwest of Christina River.
Landlith
Hamlet
The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level. Landlith is situated 2 miles northwest of Christina River.
Carneys Point
Photo: Wasted Time R, Public domain.
Carneys Point Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,637, an increase of 588 from the 2010 census count of 8,049, which in turn reflected an increase of 365 from the 7,684 counted in the 2000 census.
Christina River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Christina River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Christina River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Christina”
- Cebuano: “Christina River”
- Chinese: “克里斯蒂娜河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كريستينا”
- French: “Christina”
- German: “Christina River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Christina”
- Japanese: “クリスティーナ川”
- Mingrelian: “ქრისტინა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ქრისტინა”
- Slovenian: “Christina (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Christina”
- Swedish: “Christina River”
- Swedish: “Christinafloden”
- Venetian: “Christina”
- Welsh: “Afon Christina”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Middleboro East and Eden Park Gardens.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilmington Port and Cherry Island Range.
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