St. Jones River

Geobox River
name = St. Jones River
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The St. Jones River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is 10.5 mi (17 km) long and drains an area of 36 square miles (93 km²) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The river is believed to have been named either for Robert Jones, an early European property owner in the region, or for "St. Jone", the Welsh spelling of St. John.

The St. Jones River flows for its entire length in east-central Kent County. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river is considered to begin at the dam of Silver Lake in the city of Dover; Silver Lake is fed by streams known as Fork Branch, [cite web |url=Gnis3|213972 |title=GNIS entry for Fork Branch (Feature ID #213972)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-01-30] Penrose Branch, [cite web |url=Gnis3|214437 |title=GNIS entry for Penrose Branch (Feature ID #214437)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-01-30] and Maidstone Branch. [cite web |url=Gnis3|214266 |title=GNIS entry for Maidstone Branch (Feature ID #214266)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-01-30] From Silver Lake, the St. Jones River flows generally southeastwardly, along the east side of downtown Dover and past the Delaware State Capitol and the Dover Air Force Base to Bowers, where it flows into Delaware Bay, approximately 0.5 mi (1 km) north of the mouth of the Murderkill River. [DeLorme (2004). "Maryland Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer". p.52, p.62. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-279-X.]

The lower course of the river southeast of Dover is surrounded by brackish marshes and salt marshes, open water habitats, and wetlands. A portion of the lower river, along with nearby Blackbird Creek, have received federal protection as the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve system. [cite web |url= http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Delaware/welcome.html | title= Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve | author= National Estuarine Research Reserve System | authorlink = National Estuarine Research Reserve | year = 2006 | month = December | accessdate=2007-01-30]

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "St. Jones River" as the stream's name in 1894. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
*Jones Creek
*Joness Creek
*Kishlen
*Saint Jones Creek
*Warge Kijhlen
*Wulfs Creek
*Wulfscreek

ee also

*List of Delaware rivers

References

External links

* [http://www.destateparks.com/greenway/trailguides/StJones/sj.htm The St. Jones River Trail]