Sacony Creek

Sacony Creek[1] (historically Saucony Creek) is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km)[2] tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the borough of Kutztown, and is the main water source there.

The shoe manufacturer Saucony is named after Sacony Creek, as the company was founded on the banks of the Sacony in 1898, in Kutztown.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sacony Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011