West Branch Brandywine Creek

The West Branch Brandywine Creek is a 33.1-mile-long (53.3 km)[3] tributary of Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[4]

West Branch Brandywine Creek
Location
CountryUnited States of America
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates40°6′51″N 75°55′35″W[1]
Chester County, Pennsylvania
  elevation850 ft (260 m)[2]
Mouth 
  coordinates
39°55′21″N 075°38′58″W[1]
Brandywine Creek,
Chester County, Pennsylvania
  elevation
174 ft (53 m)[1]

The West Branch Brandywine Creek is born near the community of Honey Brook. It later joins with the East Branch Brandywine Creek in the community of Lenape to form Brandywine Creek.[4]

The Embreeville Historic District straddles the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Newlin Township.[5]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Branch Brandywine Creek
  2. "West Branch Brandywine Creek source from USGS-GNIS". MSR Maps.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  4. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-27. Note: This includes Martha Leigh Wolf (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Embreeville Historic District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-12-23.



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