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Port Mahon (Delaware)

Coordinates: 39°11′7″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18528°N 75.40111°W / 39.18528; -75.40111
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Port Mahon
Port Mahon is located in Delaware
Port Mahon
Port Mahon
Port Mahon is located in the United States
Port Mahon
Port Mahon
Coordinates: 39°11′7″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18528°N 75.40111°W / 39.18528; -75.40111
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Elevation
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Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID214476[1]

Port Mahon was a port in Kent County, Delaware, United States located along the Delaware Bay[2] at the eastern end of Port Mahon Road, northeast of Little Creek.[3] and served as a port for the town.[4] It is also located nearby Leipsic.[5] Named for the Spanish city, Mahón, it is locally pronounced "MAY-hon" (not Mah-HONE).[6] It functions as public fishing piers.[7][8]

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  1. ^ "Port Mahon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  4. ^ "History of Little Creek - Little Creek - Kent County, Delaware". March 31, 2014.
  5. ^ Project, Delaware Federal Writers' (August 6, 1955). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. US History Publishers. ISBN 9781603540087 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "These 12 Towns In Delaware Have The Strangest Names You'll Ever See". OnlyInYourState. March 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "Delaware Bay Coastline, Port Mahon, DE". Philadelphia District & Marine Design Center.
  8. ^ "Port Mahon". December 21, 2016.