| James Branch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Broad Creek |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of James Branch mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delaware Maryland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sussex Wicomico |
| Length: | 10.97miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Records Pond (Broad Creek) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 84.31cuft/s at mouth with Records Pond[2] |
| Source1: | divide between James Branch and Wicomico River |
| Source1 Location: | about 3 miles east of Delmar, Delaware[3] |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.46°N -75.5039°W[4] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 55feet |
| Mouth: | Records Pond (Broad Creek) |
| Mouth Location: | Laurel, Delaware |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.5558°N -75.5461°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 3feet |
| Progression: | west |
| River System: | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries Left: | Old Forge Branch |
| Tributaries Right: | Figgs Ditch Morris Branch Wards Branch Hitch Pond Branch Gordon Branch |
| Waterbodies: | Ellis Pond Trussum Pond |
James Branch is a 10.97miles long tributary to Records Pond (Broad Creek) that rises in northern Wicomico County, Maryland and flows north into Sussex County, Delaware. James Branch is listed as a state-protected paddling trail by Delaware.[5]