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Port Mahon
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Coordinates: 39°11′7″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18528°N 75.40111°W / 39.18528; -75.40111
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Kent
Elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	214476

Port Mahon was a port in Kent County, Delaware, United States located along the Delaware Bay at the eastern end of Port Mahon Road, northeast of Little Creek. and served as a port for the town. It is also located nearby Leipsic. Named for the Spanish city, Mahón, it is locally pronounced "MAY-hon" (not Mah-HONE). It functions as public fishing piers.

See also

• Mahon River Light
• Little Creek Wildlife Area
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

References

1. "Port Mahon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
4. "History of Little Creek - Little Creek - Kent County, Delaware". March 31, 2014.
5. Project, Delaware Federal Writers' (August 6, 1955). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. US History Publishers. ISBN 9781603540087 – via Google Books.
6. "These 12 Towns In Delaware Have The Strangest Names You'll Ever See". OnlyInYourState. March 23, 2020.
7. "Delaware Bay Coastline, Port Mahon, DE". Philadelphia District & Marine Design Center.
8. "Port Mahon". December 21, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kent County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Dover
Cities	Dover Harrington Milford‡
Towns	Bowers Camden Cheswold Clayton‡ Farmington Felton Frederica Hartly Houston Kenton Leipsic Little Creek Magnolia Smyrna‡ Viola Woodside Wyoming
CDPs	Dover Base Housing Highland Acres Kent Acres Rising Sun-Lebanon Riverview Rodney Village Woodside East
Unincorporated communities	Adamsville‡ Andrewville Berrytown Big Stone Beach Bishops Corner Blackiston Brownsville Canterbury Carpenters Bridge Chapeltown Cowgills Corner Dinahs Corner Downs Chapel Dutch Neck Crossroads Hazlettville Hickman Hollandsville Kitts Hummock Little Heaven Little Hell Marydel Mastens Corner Moores Corner Pearsons Corner Petersburg Pickering Beach Port Mahon Sandtown Seven Hickories Smyrna Landing‡ South Bowers Star Hill Thompsonville Vernon Whiteleysburg Williamsville Willow Grove Woodland Beach Wrights Crossroads
Hundreds	Duck Creek East Dover Kenton Little Creek Milford Mispillion North Murderkill South Murderkill West Dover
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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