BlockThe Island, Delaware
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Middletown-Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19709. It stands on The Island. The Survey maps it on the Taylors Bridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Taylors Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Taylors Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Taylors Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Taylors Bridge quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fennimore Landing | 0.8 miles | 32 | |
| Thomas Landing | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Stave Landing | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Sugar Loaf Chase | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Great Oak Farms | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Odessa | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Evergreen Acres | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Odessa Heights | 3.8 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215602. 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.