Mid-Atlantic
Delaware
New Castle County

Reedy Island

Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the in the U.S. state of . It is about one mile east of and five miles southwest of .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
  • Also known as: “Piettn Eyland”, “Reed Island”, “Reede Island”, “Ret Eylandt”, “Rieden Eylandt”, “Riet Eijland”, “Riet Ile”, “Riet Island”, “Tretenoo”, and “Vogele Sant”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Penn Historic District and Ashton Historic District.

Protected area
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in the original eight block town plan and one block 19th century extension of Port Penn.

Protected area
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is a national historic district located near , , United States. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with an original settler and his immediate descendants on early land grant in St. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Reedy Island.

Pub
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is a historic hotel located at Augustine Beach near , . It was erected about 1814, and is a two-story, six bay by three bay, brick building with a gable roof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Penn and Oakwood Beach.

Hamlet
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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 .

Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . 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. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Reedy Island.

Village
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is a city in , United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to on . is situated 4½ miles north of Reedy Island.

Reedy Island

Latitude
39.51459° or 39° 30′ 53″ north
Longitude
-75.56376° or 75° 33′ 50″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87F6GC7P+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186421887
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
4144270
Wiki­data ID
Q7306775
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Reedy Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Reedy Island”
  • Dutch: “Reedy Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla Reedy”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Port Penn Volunteer Fire Company and Baker Shoal Range Rear Light.

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