Honga River

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title: "Honga River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tributaries-of-the-chesapeake-bay", "rivers-of-maryland", "rivers-of-dorchester-county,-maryland"] topic_path: "general/tributaries-of-the-chesapeake-bay" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honga_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Honga River
name_native	pim
map	Hongarivermap.png
map_size	250
map_caption	Honga River Watershed
pushpin_map_size	250
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Maryland
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Eastern Shore
subdivision_type5	Cities
subdivision_name5	Hoopersville, Bishops Head, Wingate, Crapo, Church Creek
source1_location	Church Creek, Maryland
mouth	Chesapeake Bay
mouth_location	Hooper's Island
mouth_elevation	0 ft
tributaries_left	Wallace Creek, Spicer Creek
tributaries_right	Worlds End Creek, Fox Creek
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| name = Honga River | name_native = pim | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = | image_caption = | map = Hongarivermap.png | map_size = 250 | map_caption = Honga River Watershed | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = 250 | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Maryland | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Eastern Shore | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = Cities | subdivision_name5 = Hoopersville, Bishops Head, Wingate, Crapo, Church Creek | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = Church Creek, Maryland | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Chesapeake Bay | mouth_location = Hooper's Island | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 0 ft | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = Wallace Creek, Spicer Creek | tributaries_right = Worlds End Creek, Fox Creek | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Honga River is an estuary on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the west by Hooper's Island and on the east by the mainland of Dorchester County, Maryland. 14 mi in length and over 1 mi wide, it runs southeast to the west entrance of Hooper Strait, north of Tangier Island; the Hooper Strait Light stood between the two. Towns on the river include Crapo, Fishing Creek and Wingate.

The Honga River is actually the widened, southern end of a strait that also includes Slaughter Creek, Upper Keene Broad, Dunnock Island Creek, and Lower Keene Broad.

The river was sometimes called "tunger" or even "Hungary" River, Historians hold, however, that the name is derived from the Powatan word kahunge meaning "goose". The Honga was a historic center of the oyster fishery in the bay and continues to be popular with sport fishermen.

References

References

1. (February 17, 2011). "Fact Sheet: Honga River, Dorchester County, MD". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2. Griffes, Peter L.. (2004). "Atlantic Boating Almanacs: Sandy Hook, Nj To St. John River, Fl & Bermuda". ProStar Publications.
3. (1924). "The Journal of George Fox". Cosimo.
4. Kenny, Hamill. (1984). "The Place Names of Maryland: Their Origin and Meaning". Maryland Historical Society.
5. Stewart, George R.. (1970). "American Place-Names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of America". Oxford University Press.

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