| Marshyhope Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Nanticoke River |
| Map: | nanticokemap.png |
| Map Alt: | Marshyhope Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delaware Maryland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kent (DE) Sussex (DE) Caroline (MD) Dorchester (MD) |
| Length: | 41.74miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 253.65cuft/s at mouth with Nanticoke River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Marshyhope Creek and Murderkill River |
| Source1 Location: | Minners Corners, Delaware |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.9217°N -75.6408°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 60feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Nanticoke River |
| Mouth Location: | Walnut Landing, Maryland |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.5272°N -75.7567°W[5] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet[6] |
| Progression: | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Nanticoke River |
| Basin Size: | [7] |
| Tributaries Left: | Black Arm Prong Prospect Branch Tomahawk Branch Quarter Branch Double Fork Branch Stafford Ditch Iron Mine Branch Jones Mill Branch Jones Branch Houston Branch Twiford Meadow Ditch Tanyard Branch Miles Branch Davis Millpond Branch Puckum Branch Mill Branch Becky Taylor Branch Messick Ditch |
| Tributaries Right: | Horsepen Arm Beaverdam Branch Green Branch Saulsbury Creek Short and Hall Branch Tommy Wright Branch Sullivan Branch Tull Branch Faulkner Branch Skinners Run Wrights Branch Mill Creek Spears Creek Big Indian Creek Beach Branch Mill Creek Krafts Creek Stony Bar Creek Big Creek |
Marshyhope Creek is a 37adj=midNaNadj=mid[8] tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland.
Marshyhope Creek begins in southwestern Kent County, Delaware, near the city of Harrington, and ends at the Nanticoke River, near Sharptown, Maryland. The entire watershed is in the coastal plain and reaches sea level at Federalsburg, The head of navigation.
There are several small creeks on the western shore, including Faulkner Branch, Sullivan Branch, Capital Branch, Green Branch, and Horsepen Arm. On the eastern shore the small creeks include Tanyard Branch, Houston Branch, Jones Mill Branch, Double Fork Branch, Quarter Branch, Tomahawk Branch, and Prospect Point Branch.