Tappahanna

Tappahanna is a small watercourse of the Delmarva Peninsula, flowing southwest toward the headwaters of the Choptank River. Its name is an Indigenous one, interpreted as “the stream that ebbs and flows.” Known also as Tappahannak Creek, it gave its name to a tract of land on its banks during the colonial period. The Choptank carries its waters westward toward Chesapeake Bay.

The later city of Dover lies here.