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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ GNIS Detail – Monocacy Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map
- ^ 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 / 40.25972°N 75.76500°W
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