BlockSeven Hickories, Delaware
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19904. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kenton quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
On record in Seven Hickories
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jefferson Lewis Houselisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
James Williams Houselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Somervillelisted 1974 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1926 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Dover quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seven Hickories in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seven Hickories | - | Report of large tree limbs down on Pearsons Corner Road in Dover. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seven Hickories | - | Report of downed wires on Masseys Millpond Road in Smyrna. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows | 0.3 miles | 29 | |
| Bechers Brook | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Moores Corner | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| Shaws Corner | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Cheswold Farms | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Kenton | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Eden Roc | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Seeneytown | 2.2 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Seven Hickories | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14685778 | 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 216210. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.