Shorts Corner
Shorts Corner is a hamlet in Kent County, Delaware. Shorts Corner is situated nearby to the hamlet Seeneytown, as well as near Whigville.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenton Post Office and Kenton Historic District.
Kenton Post Office
Historic building
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kenton Post Office is a historic post office building on Maine Street in Kenton, Delaware. It is a two-story Italianate building that was built in 1881 by Francis Greenwell.
Kenton Historic District
Protected area
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kenton Historic District is a national historic district located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Kenton. Kenton Historic District is situated 1½ miles north of Shorts Corner.
Aspendale
House
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Aspendale is a historic house and plantation property on Delaware Route 300 west of Kenton, Kent County, Delaware, United States. The main house, built 1771–73, has been under a single family's ownership since construction and is a rare, well-preserved example of a Georgian "Quaker plan" house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenton and Dinahs Corner.
Kenton
Village
Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. The population was 215 in 2020. Kenton is situated 1½ miles north of Shorts Corner.
Dinahs Corner
Hamlet
Dinahs Corner is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Dinahs Corner is located at the intersection of Pearsons Corner Road and Dinahs Corner Road, northwest of Dover. Dinahs Corner is situated 2 miles southeast of Shorts Corner.
Seven Hickories
Locality
Seven Hickories is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Seven Hickories is at the intersection of Delaware Route 15 and Delaware Route 42, west of Cheswold and east of Kenton. Seven Hickories is situated 2½ miles east of Shorts Corner.
Shorts Corner
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Kent County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.2065° or 39° 12′ 23″ northLongitude
-75.67243° or 75° 40′ 21″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87F6684H+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 158594642OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4144697
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