Fenwick Lighthouse Advocate Honored
By Sue Clark on Jul 11, 2007 in News 
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Fenwick Island Lighthouse, a private aid to navigation at the Delaware and Maryland borders, was established in 1859 and served for 120 years before the Coast Guard transferred it to the state of Delaware. Oliver H. Cropper, current president and founder of the Friends of Fenwick Island Lighthouse was honored last week when the Delaware General Assembly named a point of land jutting into Little Assawoman Bay in his honor. The site will forever be known as “Oliver’s Point.â€
According to the story in the Dispatch, although the Delaware General Assembly changed the name of the point, the official naming by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names will have to wait. The federal agency has an established policy of not considering proposed names for geographic features in honor of living persons and will not consider such proposals until a person has been deceased for at least five years.
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