Mill Creek Cove

Mill Creek Cove is a bay in New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek Cove is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Elfsborg, as well as near Oakwood Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reedy Island and Abel and Mary Nicholson House.

Reedy Island

Islet

Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is about one mile east of Port Penn, Delaware and five miles southwest of Salem, New Jersey. Reedy Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mill Creek Cove.

Abel and Mary Nicholson House

Castle

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The Abel and Mary Nicholson House is brick house built in 1722 in Elsinboro Township, New Jersey, United States. It is an excellent example of a Delaware Valley patterned brick building. Abel and Mary Nicholson House is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mill Creek Cove.

Baker Shoal Range Rear Light

Lighthouse

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Baker Shoal Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, near Port Penn. Baker Shoal Range Rear Light is situated 2½ miles west of Mill Creek Cove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakwood Beach and Port Penn.

Oakwood Beach

Hamlet

Elsinboro 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 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 1½ miles north of Mill Creek Cove.

Port Penn

Hamlet

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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is situated 3 miles southwest of Mill Creek Cove.

Sinnickson Landing

Hamlet

Elsinboro 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 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Sinnickson Landing is situated 3 miles northeast of Mill Creek Cove.

Mill Creek Cove

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.53317° or 39° 31′ 59″ north

Longitude

-75.52853° or 75° 31′ 43″ west

Open location code

87F6GFMC+7H

GeoNames ID

4143686

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