Pepper Creek (Delaware)

Pepper Creek is a stream approximately 8 mi (13 km) long in southern Delaware in the United States.

Pepper Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
City	Frankford
Physical characteristics
Source	On the watershed divide between Pepper Creek and Pocomoke River
• location	Frankford, Delaware
• coordinates	38°32′07″N 075°17′14″W[1]
• elevation	about 40 feet amsl
Mouth	just south of Oak Orchard, Delaware
• location	Clarksville, Delaware
• coordinates	38°35′16″N 075°10′03″W[1]
• elevation	sea level (0 ft.)
Basin features
Progression	northeast
River system	Indian River

It rises in Cypress Swamp in southern Sussex County, approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of the Maryland state line. It flows generally east-northeast, past Dagsboro and into Indian River Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Millville.

The upper course of the creek is connected by channelized ditches through Cypress Swamp to the headwaters of the Pocomoke River.

See also

• List of Delaware rivers