Wye River
The Wye River is a 16.3-mile-long tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It was named by the Lloyd family, Edward Lloyd, and Edward Lloyd, after the River Wye in the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Back Wye Creek”, “Back Wye River”, “Front Wye River”, “Morgans Creek”, and “Saint Michaels River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wye House.
Wye House
Manor estate
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Wye House is a historic residence and former headquarters of a historic plantation house northwest of Easton in rural Talbot County, Maryland. Built in 1781–1784, it is a high-quality and well-proportioned example of a wooden-frame Southern plantation house. Wye House is situated 2 miles east of Wye River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copperville and Tunis Mills.
Copperville
Locality
Copperville is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Copperville is located on the northeast bank of Leeds Creek, 6.2 miles west-northwest of Easton. Copperville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wye River.
Tunis Mills
Hamlet
Tunis Mills is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Tunis Mills is located on the southeast bank of Leeds Creek, 5.8 miles west-northwest of Easton. Tunis Mills is situated 3 miles southeast of Wye River.
Claiborne
Hamlet
Claiborne is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Eastern Bay at, and uses ZIP code 21624. Claiborne is situated 4 miles west of Wye River.
Wye River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Talbot County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Wye River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wye”
- Cebuano: “Wye River”
- Chinese: “怀伊河”
- Dutch: “Wye River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wye”
- Venetian: “Wye”
- Welsh: “Afon Wye”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quail Hollow and Leeds Landing.
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