Kitts Hummock is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States.

[3] The "Hammock" referred to is the ecological version, meaning a stand of hardwood trees, and the name was inadvertently changed by employees of the Delaware Department of Transportation.

[4] A hummock is a similar rise in elevation, leading some to believe the reasoning behind the name.

[5] Kitts Hummock Beach is an official sanctuary for horseshoe crabs, the state marine animal of Delaware and a "signature species" of the Delaware Bay Estuary.

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