Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill 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.

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

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

See also

References
  1. GNIS Detail – Monocacy Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map
  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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