Slaughter Creek is a 9.92 mi (15.96 km) long 3rd order tributary to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, Delaware.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1] Slaughter Creek rises on the Church Branch and North Prong divide about 0.25 miles northwest of Jefferson Crossroads, Delaware.

Slaughter Creek then flows east and makes a turn northwest to meet Cedar Creek west of Slaughter Beach.

[2] Slaughter Creek drains 15.88 square miles (41.1 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 798.73 and is about 4% forested.

This Delaware state location article is a stub.