Marshyhope Creek is a 37.0-mile-long (59.5 km)[8] tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland.

Marshyhope Creek Tributary to Nanticoke River
Map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with the Nanticoke and its watershed highlighted and showing Marshyhope Creek.
Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware Maryland
Counties	Kent (DE) Sussex (DE) Caroline (MD) Dorchester (MD)
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Marshyhope Creek and Murderkill River
• location	Minners Corners, Delaware
• coordinates	38°55′18″N 075°38′27″W[1]
• elevation	60 ft (18 m)[2]
Mouth	Nanticoke River
• location	Walnut Landing, Maryland
• coordinates	38°31′38″N 075°45′24″W[3]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[4]
Length	41.74 mi (67.17 km)[5]
Basin size	41.74 square miles (108.1 km2)[6]
Discharge
• average	253.65 cu ft/s (7.183 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River[7]
Basin features
Progression	Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Nanticoke River
Tributaries
• left	Black Arm Prong Prospect Branch Tomahawk Branch Quarter Branch Double Fork Stafford Ditch Iron Mine Branch Jones Mill Branch Jones Branch Houston Branch Twiford Meadow Ditch Tanyard Branch Miles Branch Davis Millpond Branch Puckum Branch Becky Taylor Branch Messick Ditch
• right	Beaverdam Branch Green Branch Cattail Branch Short and Hall Branch Tommy Wright Branch Sullivan Branch Faulkner Branch Wrights branch Mill Creek Spears Creek Big Indian Creek Beach Branch Stony Bar Creek Big Creek

Marshyhope Creek begins in southwestern Kent County, Delaware, near the city of Harrington, and ends at the Nanticoke River, near Sharptown, Maryland. The entire watershed is in the coastal plain and reaches sea level at Federalsburg, The head of navigation.

There are several small creeks on the western shore, including Faulkner Branch, Sullivan Branch, Capital Branch, Green Branch, and Horsepen Arm. On the eastern shore the small creeks include Tanyard Branch, Houston Branch, Jones Mill Branch, Double Fork Branch, Quarter Branch, Tomahawk Branch, and Prospect Point Branch.

See also

• List of rivers of Delaware

References

• United States Geological Survey. 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangles