Improvement Branch

Improvement Branch is a stream in Kent County, Delaware. Improvement Branch is situated nearby to the locality Colony West, as well as near the hamlet Lynch Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parson Thorne Mansion and Christ Church.

Parson Thorne Mansion

Park

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Parson Thorne Mansion, also known as Silver Hill, is a historic mansion located at Milford, Kent County, Delaware. The mansion is located across from the Mill House. Parson Thorne Mansion is situated 2½ miles south of Improvement Branch.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery in Milford, Delaware, in Kent County, Delaware. The congregation is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. Christ Church is situated 2 miles south of Improvement Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houston and Thompsonville.

Houston

Village

Houston is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 381 in 2020. It was named for John W. Houston is situated 4 miles southwest of Improvement Branch.

Thompsonville

Hamlet

Thompsonville is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Thompsonville is located at the intersection of Milford Neck Road and Bennetts Pier Road, northeast of Milford. Thompsonville is situated 4½ miles northeast of Improvement Branch.

Frederica

Village

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Frederica is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,073 in 2020. ILC Dover, the company which manufactured the spacesuits for the Apollo and Skylab astronauts of the 1960s and 1970s, along with fabricating the suit component of the Space Shuttle's Extravehicular Mobility Unit, is located nearby. Frederica is situated 4½ miles north of Improvement Branch.

Improvement Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Kent County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.94734° or 38° 56′ 50″ north

Longitude

-75.43714° or 75° 26′ 14″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87C6WHW7+W4

GeoNames ID

4143095

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