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Lingo Point, Delaware is a point of land at the mouth of Lingo Creek at the western limit of Indian River Bay, 7.5 miles northeast of Frankford in Sussex County, Delaware; a variant of the name is Lingos Point. [1] [2]

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References

  1. L. W. Heck, A. J. Wraight, D. J. Orth, J. R. Carter, L. G. Van Winkle, and Janet Hazen: Delaware Place Names, National Geological Survey Bulletin 1245, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966, p. 66.
  2. "The backstory on odd Delaware place names".

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