Shellpot Creek
Shellpot Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in northeast New Castle County, Delaware. The stream rises between Grubb Road and Shipley Road, south of Naaman's Road at in Brandywine Hundred and flows southeast for about six miles before discharging into the Delaware River at near Edgemoor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Delaware River
- Also known as: “Filpot River”, “Kitthantemessink”, “Philpot River”, “Schillpades Creek”, “Schilpatts Creek”, “Secellpot Creek”, “Shell Creek”, “Shelpot Creek”, “Shillpot Creek”, “Shilpot Creek”, “Shilpts Creek”, and “Skilpot Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellevue Range Rear Light and Fort Christina.
Bellevue Range Rear Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the mouth of the Christina River on the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware…
Fort Christina
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the… Fort Christina is situated 2 miles west of Shellpot Creek.
Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
Prison
The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, colloquially known as Gander Hill Prison, is a state prison for male inmates in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Correction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edgemoor and Landlith.
Edgemoor
Hamlet
Edgemoor is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 5,677 at the 2010 census.
Landlith
Hamlet
The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level.
Edgemoor Gardens
Hamlet
Edgemoor is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 5,677 at the 2010 census. Edgemoor Gardens is situated 1½ miles north of Shellpot Creek.
Shellpot Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Shellpot Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Shellpot Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shellpot Creek”
- Venetian: “Shellpot”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Duponts Landing and Edgemoor Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cherry Island Marsh and Cherry Island.
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