Wicomico River
The Wicomico River is a 24.4-mile-long tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Maryland. It drains an area of low marshlands and farming country in the middle Delmarva Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Riviere Wighcocomoco”, “Rockawalkin River”, “Rockiawackin River”, “Rokiawakin River”, “Wicomico River (East Shore)”, “Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore)”, “Wicomico River (Wicomico County and Somerset County, Md.)”, “Wicomico River (Wicomico County, Md.)”, “Wighco Flu”, “Wighcocomoco”, and “Wighkawamecq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Shoals Light.
Great Shoals Light
Lighthouse
Great Shoals Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Wicomico River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dames Quarter and Waterview.
Dames Quarter
Hamlet
Dames Quarter is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 188 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dames Quarter is situated 2 miles south of Wicomico River.
Waterview
Hamlet
Waterview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 40 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waterview is situated 2 miles north of Wicomico River.
Nanticoke Acres
Hamlet
Nanticoke Acres is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 103 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nanticoke Acres is situated 3 miles north of Wicomico River.
Wicomico River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wicomico, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Wicomico River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wicomico”
- Cebuano: “Wicomico River”
- Chinese: “威科米科河”
- Dutch: “Wicomico River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ويكوميكو”
- French: “Wicomico River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wicomico”
- Japanese: “ワイカミコ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wicomico River”
- Polish: “Wicomico River (na półwyspie Delmarva)”
- Polish: “Wicomico River”
- Slovenian: “reka Wicomico”
- Slovenian: “Wicomico River”
- Slovenian: “Wicomico”
- Venetian: “Wicomico”
- Welsh: “Afon Wicomico”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saint Stephen and Pine Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Shoals and Nanticoke Point.
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