Kitts Hummock, Delaware
Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States
39°6′9″N 75°24′8″W / 39.10250°N 75.40222°W / 39.10250; -75.40222Kitts Hummock is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Kitts Hummock is located on the Delaware Bay at the end of Kitts Hummock Road, southeast of Dover.[2] It was originally named "Kidds Hammock" after 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd and rumors he buried treasure there.[3] The "Hammock" referred to is the ecological version, meaning a stand of hardwood trees, and the name was inadvertently changed by employees of the Delaware Department of Transportation.[4] A hummock is a similar rise in elevation, leading some to believe the reasoning behind the name.[5]
Kitts Hummock Beach is an official sanctuary for horseshoe crabs, the state marine animal of Delaware and a "signature species" of the Delaware Bay Estuary.[6]
References
- ^ "Kitts Hummock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Place Names Reveal Loyalties, Eccentricities of State Pioneers". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. April 29, 1958.
- ^ "Kidds Hammock Correct Name, Research Shows". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. September 18, 1974.
- ^ "These 12 Towns in Delaware Have the Strangest Names You'll Ever See". March 23, 2020.
- ^ "EcoDelaware.com: Kitts Hummock Beach, an official horseshoe crab sanctuary"
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Municipalities and communities of Kent County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Dover
communities
- Adamsville‡
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- Berrytown
- Big Stone Beach
- Bishops Corner
- Blackiston
- Brownsville
- Canterbury
- Carpenters Bridge
- Chapeltown
- Cowgills Corner
- Dinahs Corner
- Downs Chapel
- Dutch Neck Crossroads
- Hazlettville
- Hickman
- Hollandsville
- Kitts Hummock
- Little Heaven
- Little Hell
- Marydel
- Mastens Corner
- Moores Corner
- Pearsons Corner
- Petersburg
- Pickering Beach
- Port Mahon
- Sandtown
- Seven Hickories
- Smyrna Landing‡
- South Bowers
- Star Hill
- Thompsonville
- Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
- Williamsville
- Willow Grove
- Woodland Beach
- Wrights Crossroads
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