Manatawny Creek
Schuylkill River watershed. Manatawny Creek joins the river near Pottstown in the map.
Manatawny Creek is an 18.2-mile-long (29.3 km)[1] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]
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]
Manatawny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at Pottstown in Montgomery County.[2]
Bridges
- The Pleasantville Bridge crosses Little 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, accessed April 1, 2011
- 1 2 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.
External links
Coordinates: 40°14′33″N 75°39′32″W / 40.2424°N 75.6588°W
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