Prickley Pear Island
Prickley Pear Island is an island in Sussex County, Delaware. Prickley Pear Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Galestown, as well as near Hoagland Subdivision.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dickerson Potato House and Galestown Cemetery.
Dickerson Potato House
Building
Photo: Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dickerson Potato House is a historic potato house located near Delmar, Sussex County, Delaware. It one of the last surviving examples of its building type.
Galestown Cemetery
Cemetery
Galestown Cemetery is a cemetery located in Galestown, Maryland. One person of note interred there is Homer Smoot, a one-time professional baseball player. Galestown Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Prickley Pear Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharptown and Portsville.
Sharptown
Village
Sharptown is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sharptown had a population of 691. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sharptown is situated 2 miles southwest of Prickley Pear Island.
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. Portsville is situated 3 miles east of Prickley Pear Island.
Woodland
Hamlet
Woodland is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Woodland is located on the Nanticoke River, 3.8 miles southwest of Seaford. Woodland is situated 3 miles northeast of Prickley Pear Island.
Prickley Pear Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sussex County, Delaware, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Prickley Pear Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prickley Pear Island”
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Localities in the Area
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