Explore St. Georges, Delaware, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for St. Georges, Delaware. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Delaware or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to St. Georges.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | St. Georges |
| State | Delaware (DE) |
| County | New Castle County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.555112 |
| Longitude | -75.650207 |
| Population | 1,957 |
| Density | 547.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19733, 19720 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| County Seat | Wilmington |
| School District | Colonial School District |
St. Georges exists as a quiet intersection where the heavy, industrial pulse of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal bisects the surrounding expanse of flat, verdant farmland. It lies 5.1 miles south of Bear, DE (from Bear, DE: bearing 175°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northeast of Middletown. The landscape here unfolds in broad, unassuming strokes, defined by the slow movement of water through the deep, man-made cut that draws a sharp line across the earth. Beyond the immediate banks of the canal, the land settles into a patchwork of fields and the shaded, dense growth of the Red Lion State Forest, which stands as a dark, silent contrast to the open sky. Sunlight often catches the dust of dry afternoons, casting a long, amber glow that softens the rigid geometry of the waterway and emphasizes the stillness of the C&D Canal Conservation Area, where the only movement is the rustle of grasses and the distant, mechanical hum of transit.
St. Georges carries the weight of a history shaped by the relentless necessity of passage, serving as a vital conduit for commerce that has long defined the local economy. While the bustle of modern shipping defines the canal’s utility, the surrounding topography retains a rural character, marked by the proximity of Lums Pond and the gentle, distant rise of the South Valley Hills that barely break the horizon to the north. Life in St. Georges moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the legacy of agricultural industry and the quiet, persistent work of those who maintain the infrastructure of the region. Even the memory of the nearby Pools Bottom seems to linger in the low-lying, damp earth, grounding the inhabitants in a geography that prizes function and endurance over superficial display.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Georges, Delaware. Coordinates: 39.555112, -75.650207. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for St. Georges includes the ZIP code (19733, 19720), telephone area code (302), county seat of New Castle County (Wilmington), and school district assignment (Colonial School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |