Monocacy_Creek_(Schuylkill_River_tributary)

Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill River tributary)

Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill River tributary)

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For the Lehigh River tributary, see Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary).

Monocacy Creek[1] is a 13.0-mile-long (20.9 km)[2] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Monocacy Creek joins the Schuylkill at Monocacy Station.

Monocacy is a name derived from a Native American language purported to mean "stream with large beds".[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    GNIS Detail – Monocacy Creek
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map
  3. [3]
    Wagner, A. E.; Balthaser, Francis Wilhauer; Hoch, D. K. (1913). The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). Eagle Book and Job Press. p. 28.

40°15′35″N 75°45′54″W



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