Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill River tributary) explained

Monocacy Creek^[1] is a 13adj=midNaNadj=mid^[2] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Monocacy Creek joins the Schuylkill at Monocacy Station.

Monocacy is a name derived from a Native American language purported to mean "stream with large beds".^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=154:3:992128102922599::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1181422%2CMonocacy%20Creek GNIS Detail – Monocacy Creek
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map
3. Book: Wagner. A. E.. Balthaser. Francis Wilhauer. Hoch. D. K.. The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). 1913. Eagle Book and Job Press. 28.