Kitts Hummock, Delaware

Kitts Hummock, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Kitts Hummock
Kitts Hummock
Coordinates: 39°6′9″N 75°24′8″W / 39.10250°N 75.40222°W / 39.10250; -75.40222Coordinates: 39°6′9″N 75°24′8″W / 39.10250°N 75.40222°W / 39.10250; -75.40222
Country United States
State Delaware
County Kent
Elevation 3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID 214198[1]

Kitts 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]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kitts Hummock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. ↑ "Place Names Reveal Loyalties, Eccentricities of State Pioneers". The Morning News(Wilmington, Delaware). April 29, 1958.
  4. ↑ "Kidds Hammock Correct Name, Research Shows". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). September 18, 1974.
  5. ↑ http://www.ecodelaware.com/place.php?id=355 "EcoDelaware.com: Kitts Hummock Beach, an official horseshoe crab sanctuary"


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