St. Jones Neck Marker

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Dover in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

St. Jones Neck
Site of Settlement in the 1660's

St. Jones Neck Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Nate Davidson, April 30, 2009

1. St. Jones Neck Marker

Inscription. This part of what is now Kent County, Delaware was one of the state's earliest sites of English colonization. Beginning in the 1660's plantations were established along the St. Jones River. The Dickinson family of Talbot County, Maryland was among the families who obtained early land patents in the area. Parts of "Merritts", "Whartons" and "Youngs" tracts were among the lands purchased by the Dickinsons with pounds of tobacco.

Erected by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number K-44.)

Location. 39° 6.134′ N, 75° 26.483′ W. Marker is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. Marker is on Kitts Hummock Road just from Bergold Lane. Click for map. Marker used to be located at the entrance of the John Dickinson Plantation historic site. It was moved to the entrance of the St. Jones Reserve a bit further down the road. The coordinates given are for the current location, but the picture of the marker is from its old location. Marker is in this post office area: Dover DE 19901, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Home of John Dickinson (approx. half a mile away); T-33A Shooting Star (approx. 1.4 miles away); Commemoration Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hangar 1301 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Kitts Hummock (approx. 2.1 miles away); Warner Mifflin (approx. 2.7 miles away); Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (approx. 2.7 miles away); Old Stone Tavern (approx. 4.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Dover.

Credits. This page originally submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nate Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 226 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on January 9, 2011, by Nate Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.