Scotts Creek (Delaware River)
| Scotts Creek | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks County |
| Township | Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
| Source | |
| - coordinates | 40°9′27″N 74°47′8″W / 40.15750°N 74.78556°W |
| Mouth | |
| - elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°7′41″N 74°46′33″W / 40.12806°N 74.77583°WCoordinates: 40°7′41″N 74°46′33″W / 40.12806°N 74.77583°W |
Scotts Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and drains at the Delaware's 124.10 river mile.
History
On a map by Lindeström in 1654-1656, Scotts Creek was known as Sepaessing Kijl. Sepaessing was a native american word meaning 'plum tree' and the term Kijl was a Swedish term meaning river or creek. Because of the excavations of the Warner Company, Scotts Creek retains little of its original characteristics. Most of it is contained within Manor Lake and Van Sciver Lake. [1][2][3]
Statistics
The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1187173,[4] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02926.[5]
Course
The current source of Scotts Creek is Van Sciver Lake, flowing south through Manor Lake on to the Delaware River's 124.10 river mile.
Municipalities
Crossings and Bridges
- Pennsbury Memorial Road
- Bordentown Road
- Tyburn Road
See also
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- List of rivers of the United States
- List of Delaware River tributaries
References
- ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P346.
- ↑ "Bucks County Waterfront Revitalization Plan", http://www.bcrda.com/pdf/Natural_Cultural_062504.pdf, retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ "Warner Family Narrative", http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wynkoop/webdocs/warnerfn.htm, retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1187173
- ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 124