BlockGams Crest, Delaware
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middletown-Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19709. It stands on Scott Run. The Survey maps it on the Saint Georges quadrangle.
On record in Gams Crest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sutton Houselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Vernacular Frame Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
St. Georges Presbyterian Churchlisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
North Saint Georges Historic Districtlisted 1995 · 0.5 miles away
Idalia Manorlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Bloomfieldlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Old Ford Dairy (Boundary Increase)listed 1986 · 0.7 miles away
Old Ford Dairylisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
McWhorter Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Georges quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Saint Georges quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gams Crest: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Plant Getty | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Georges | 0.4 miles | 32 | |
| Birds Corner | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Saint Georges Heights | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Dutch Neck Farms | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Biddles Corner | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Airmont Acres | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Wrangle Hill | 2.1 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Valley Farms | 2.2 miles | 32 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122557692 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217034. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.