Gams Crest

Gams Crest is a locality in New Castle County, Delaware. Gams Crest is situated nearby to the village Saint Georges, as well as near the hamlet Birds Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Georges Bridge and North Saint Georges Historic District.

St. Georges Bridge

Bridge

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The St. Georges Bridge is a steel tied arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 13 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in St. Georges, Delaware. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1942 as a high-level crossing, the bridge was the first four-lane, high-level crossing to span the canal.

North Saint Georges Historic District

Protected area

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North Saint Georges Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects in the village of North St.

St. Georges Presbyterian Church

Church

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St. Georges Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on Main Street in St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1844, and is a one-story, brick, temple form, Greek Revival style building with a frame steeple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Georges and Biddles Corner.

Saint Georges

Village

Saint Georges is an unincorporated community, former municipality, and census-designated place situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay.

Biddles Corner

Hamlet

Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the northern terminus of U.S. Route 301. Biddles Corner is situated 1½ miles south of Gams Crest.

Wrangle Hill

Hamlet

Wrangle Hill is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Wrangle Hill is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. Wrangle Hill is situated 2 miles north of Gams Crest.

Gams Crest

Type: Locality
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.55011° or 39° 33′ 0″ north

Longitude

-75.64687° or 75° 38′ 49″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87F6H923+27

GeoNames ID

4142629

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