| Great Wicomico River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Virginia |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ingram Bay |
• coordinates | 37°49′44″N 76°19′2″W / 37.82889°N 76.31722°W |
The Great Wicomico River is a 15.2-mile-long (24.5 km)[1] river in the U.S. state of Virginia,[2][3] located approximately 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Richmond. In 1864, during the American Civil War, one of the torpedo boats of Admiral David Dixon Porter's fleet ran into the Great Wicomico River and was captured.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell Jr. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information Service