Gales Creek
Gales Creek is a stream in Dorchester County, Maryland. Gales Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Galestown, as well as near the village Sharptown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Galestown Cemetery and Dickerson Potato House.
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.
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. Dickerson Potato House is situated 2 miles east of Gales Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharptown and Woodland.
Sharptown
Village
Sharptown is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 651 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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 4 miles northeast of Gales Creek.
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 4½ miles east of Gales Creek.
Gales Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.55706° or 38° 33′ 25″ northLongitude
-75.70965° or 75° 42′ 35″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C6H74R+R4GeoNames ID
4355865
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