The river is believed to have been named either for Robert Jones, an early European property owner in the region, or for "St. Jone", adapted from a Welsh spelling from St. John (Ioan).[1]
Course
The St. Jones River flows for its entire length in east-central Kent County. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river begins at the dam of Silver Lake in the city of Dover;[1] Silver Lake is fed by Fork Branch,[5] Penrose Branch,[6] and Maidstone Branch.[7] From Silver Lake, the St. Jones River flows generally southeastwardly, along the east side of downtown Dover and past Legislative Hall, the Capital Square/Legislative Mall, and the Dover Air Force Base to Bowers, where it flows into Delaware Bay, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of the mouth of the Murderkill River.[8]
^ abU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National MapArchived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011