Manatawny Creek
Manatawny Creek is an 18.2-mile-long (29.3 km)[1] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]
Schuylkill River watershed. Manatawny Creek joins the river near Pottstown in the map.
Manatawny Creek comes from the Lenape (or Delaware Indian) term Man'en'tau'wata'wik, which means "drink-at-uninhabited-place"[3] or "where we drank liquor".[4]
The tributary Ironstone Creek joins the Manatawny at Pine Forge. Manatawny Creek is formed by the confluence of Bieber Creek and Pine Creek just below Lobachsville.
Manatawny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at Pottstown in Montgomery County.[2]
Bridges
- The Pleasantville Bridge crosses Manatawny Creek at Oley Township in Berks County.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed April 1, 2011
- Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- Brinton, Daniel G., C.F. Denke, and Albert Anthony. A Lenâpé - English Dictionary. Biblio Bazaar, 2009. ISBN 978-1103149223, p. 139.
- Wagner, A. E.; Balthaser, Francis Wilhauer; Hoch, D. K. (1913). The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). Eagle Book and Job Press. p. 28.
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