Husbands Run Explained

Husbands Run
Name Other:Tributary to Brandywine Creek
Map Size:180
Pushpin Map:USA Delaware
Pushpin Map Size:180
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Husbands Run mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Delaware
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:New Castle
Length:1.71miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Brandywine Creek
Discharge1 Avg:2.35cuft/s at mouth with Brandywine Creek[2]
Source1:divide between Brandywine Creek and Shellpot Creek
Source1 Location:Talleyville, Delaware[3]
Source1 Coordinates:39.8047°N -75.5517°W[4]
Source1 Elevation:360feet
Mouth:Brandywine Creek
Mouth Location:Wilmington, Delaware
Mouth Coordinates:39.7819°N -75.57°W
Mouth Elevation:110feet
Progression:southwest
River System:Christina River
Tributaries Left:Willow Run
Tributaries Right:unnamed tributaries

Husbands Run is a 1.71miles long tributary to Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, Delaware north of Wilmington, Delaware. It rises in Woodley Park between the Tavistock Woodbrook, Sharpley and Edenridge neighborhoods. It flows through DuPont Country Club, where it is joined by the Willow Run and mouths north of Delaware Route 141.The Husbands were early settlers to the region.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 12 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Husbands Run Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 12 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Husbands Run Topo Map, New Castle County DE (Wilmington North Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 12 August 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: GNIS Detail - Husbands Run . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 12 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Milord . Maureen . Talley family landmark threatened . The News Journal (Delaware Online) . January 23, 2015 . September 8, 2021 .